#499ACC#499ACC

#499ACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.109 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ACC
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 204)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 24.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -9.31, -32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 34.28, 254.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0566 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.109 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1982, 28.8847, 61.3624)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ACC #CC7B49

analogous

#49CCBD #499ACC #4959CC

triadic

#499ACC #CC499A #9ACC49

tetradic

#499ACC #BD49CC #CC7B49 #59CC49

square

#499ACC #BD49CC #CC7B49 #59CC49

split-complementary

#499ACC #CC4959 #CCBD49

monochromatic

#225879 #2F7AA9 #499ACC #79B5D9 #A9CFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499ACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#499ACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499ACC

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ACC	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499acc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.109 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7db',
    500: '#499acc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499acc;
$custom-light: #88b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499acc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.901,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65675,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ACC

secondary

#D4B29D

accent

#8248E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ACC

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

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