#499ACE#499ACE

#499ACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.111 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ACE
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 25.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -8.66, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 35.07, 255.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0559 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.111 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4396, 28.9813, 62.6338)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ACE #CE7D49

analogous

#49CEC0 #499ACE #4957CE

triadic

#499ACE #CE499A #9ACE49

tetradic

#499ACE #C049CE #CE7D49 #57CE49

square

#499ACE #C049CE #CE7D49 #57CE49

split-complementary

#499ACE #CE4957 #CEC049

monochromatic

#21587B #2E7BAC #499ACE #79B5DB #A9D0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#499ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#499ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499ACE

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ACE	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.111 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7dd',
    500: '#499ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ace;
$custom-light: #89b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.459,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6577,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ACE

secondary

#D5B39D

accent

#8347E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ACE

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

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