#499BAE#499BAE

#499BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.084 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BAE
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -19.28, -17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 26.00, 222.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0688 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.084 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1059, 27.9130, 44.2590)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BAE #AE5C49

analogous

#49AE8E #499BAE #4968AE

triadic

#499BAE #AE499B #9BAE49

tetradic

#499BAE #8E49AE #AE5C49 #68AE49

square

#499BAE #8E49AE #AE5C49 #68AE49

split-complementary

#499BAE #AE4968 #AE8E49

monochromatic

#254E58 #377583 #499BAE #71B4C3 #9CCBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#499BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#499BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BAE

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BAE	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)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.084 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c6',
    500: '#499bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bae;
$custom-light: #85b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.287,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64596,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BAE

secondary

#C29A91

accent

#6E57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BAE

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

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