#499AC3#499AC3

#499AC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.100 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AC3
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 195)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 21%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, -12.22, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 31.03, 246.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0597 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.1 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1498, 28.4654, 55.8408)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AC3 #C37249

analogous

#49C3AF #499AC3 #495DC3

triadic

#499AC3 #C3499A #9AC349

tetradic

#499AC3 #AF49C3 #C37249 #5DC349

square

#499AC3 #AF49C3 #C37249 #5DC349

split-complementary

#499AC3 #C3495D #C3AF49

monochromatic

#24556E #33789C #499AC3 #77B4D2 #A5CDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#499AC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AC3

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AC3	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8698C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.100 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d5',
    500: '#499ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ac3;
$custom-light: #87b7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.164,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65255,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AC3

secondary

#CEAB99

accent

#7D4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AC3

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

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