#499AC2#499AC2

#499AC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.099 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AC2
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 194)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -12.54, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 30.70, 245.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% -0.06 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.099 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0371, 28.4203, 55.2474)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AC2 #C27149

analogous

#49C2AE #499AC2 #495DC2

triadic

#499AC2 #C2499A #9AC249

tetradic

#499AC2 #AE49C2 #C27149 #5DC249

square

#499AC2 #AE49C2 #C27149 #5DC249

split-complementary

#499AC2 #C2495D #C2AE49

monochromatic

#24546C #34789A #499AC2 #77B3D1 #A5CDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499AC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#499AC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AC2

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AC2	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8698C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.099 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d4',
    500: '#499ac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ac2;
$custom-light: #87b7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.835,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6521,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AC2

secondary

#CEAA99

accent

#7C4ED9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AC2

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

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