#499ABC#499ABC

#499ABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.094 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ABC
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -14.44, -25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 28.88, 240.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.0622 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.094 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3768, 28.1562, 51.7699)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ABC #BC6B49

analogous

#49BCA4 #499ABC #4960BC

triadic

#499ABC #BC499A #9ABC49

tetradic

#499ABC #A449BC #BC6B49 #60BC49

square

#499ABC #A449BC #BC6B49 #60BC49

split-complementary

#499ABC #BC4960 #BCA449

monochromatic

#255265 #367792 #499ABC #76B3CC #A2CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#499ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#499ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499ABC

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ABC	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.094 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7d0',
    500: '#499abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499abc;
$custom-light: #86b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.739,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64943,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ABC

secondary

#CAA697

accent

#7952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ABC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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