#499AC5#499AC5

#499AC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.102 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AC5
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 197)
HSL	hsl(201, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -11.58, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 31.71, 248.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.059 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.102 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3774, 28.5564, 57.0397)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AC5 #C57449

analogous

#49C5B2 #499AC5 #495CC5

triadic

#499AC5 #C5499A #9AC549

tetradic

#499AC5 #B249C5 #C57449 #5CC549

square

#499AC5 #B249C5 #C57449 #5CC549

split-complementary

#499AC5 #C5495C #C5B249

monochromatic

#245570 #32799E #499AC5 #77B4D4 #A6CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#499AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#499AC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AC5

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AC5	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.102 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7d6',
    500: '#499ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ac5;
$custom-light: #88b7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.806,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65347,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AC5

secondary

#D0AD9A

accent

#7E4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AC5

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

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