#499BAD#499BAD

#499BAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.084 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BAD
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(191, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -19.58, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 25.89, 220.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0692 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.084 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0088, 27.8742, 43.7475)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BAD #AD5B49

analogous

#49AD8D #499BAD #4969AD

triadic

#499BAD #AD499B #9BAD49

tetradic

#499BAD #8D49AD #AD5B49 #69AD49

square

#499BAD #8D49AD #AD5B49 #69AD49

split-complementary

#499BAD #AD4969 #AD8D49

monochromatic

#254E57 #377482 #499BAD #70B4C3 #9BCBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#499BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#499BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BAD

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BAD	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.084 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c5',
    500: '#499bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bad;
$custom-light: #85b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64556,
    "c": 0.0836,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BAD

secondary

#C19990

accent

#6D57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BAD

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

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