#499BAC#499BAC

#499BAC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.083 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BAC
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 172)
HSL	hsl(190, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -19.88, -16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 25.78, 219.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0696 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.083 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9124, 27.8356, 43.2398)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BAC #AC5A49

analogous

#49AC8B #499BAC #4969AC

triadic

#499BAC #AC499B #9BAC49

tetradic

#499BAC #8B49AC #AC5A49 #69AC49

square

#499BAC #8B49AC #AC5A49 #69AC49

split-complementary

#499BAC #AC4969 #AC8B49

monochromatic

#254E56 #377481 #499BAC #70B4C2 #9BCBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#499BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#499BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BAC

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BAC	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.083 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c4',
    500: '#499bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bac;
$custom-light: #85b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.303,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64516,
    "c": 0.08315,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BAC

secondary

#C19890

accent

#6C58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BAC

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

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