#499BB0#499BB0

#499BB0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.085 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BB0
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 176)
HSL	hsl(192, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 11.9%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -18.68, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 26.27, 224.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.068 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.085 217)
XYZ	xyz(22.3024, 27.9916, 45.2935)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BB0 #B05E49

analogous

#49B092 #499BB0 #4968B0

triadic

#499BB0 #B0499B #9BB049

tetradic

#499BB0 #9249B0 #B05E49 #68B049

square

#499BB0 #9249B0 #B05E49 #68B049

split-complementary

#499BB0 #B04968 #B09249

monochromatic

#254F59 #377585 #499BB0 #72B4C4 #9DCBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#499BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#499BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BB0

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BB0	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D97B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.085 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c7',
    500: '#499bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bb0;
$custom-light: #85b8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.233,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64676,
    "c": 0.08513,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.27994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BB0

secondary

#C39C92

accent

#7057D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BB0

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

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