#499ABE#499ABE

#499ABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.095 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ABE
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -13.81, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 29.46, 242.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.0615 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.095 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5939, 28.2430, 52.9133)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ABE #BE6D49

analogous

#49BEA8 #499ABE #4960BE

triadic

#499ABE #BE499A #9ABE49

tetradic

#499ABE #A849BE #BE6D49 #60BE49

square

#499ABE #A849BE #BE6D49 #60BE49

split-complementary

#499ABE #BE4960 #BEA849

monochromatic

#255368 #357795 #499ABE #76B3CE #A3CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#499ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#499ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499ABE

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ABE	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.095 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d1',
    500: '#499abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499abe;
$custom-light: #87b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65031,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ABE

secondary

#CBA898

accent

#7A51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ABE

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

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