#499BB2#499BB2

#499BB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.086 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BB2
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -18.07, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 26.58, 227.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0672 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.086 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5017, 28.0713, 46.3433)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BB2 #B26049

analogous

#49B295 #499BB2 #4967B2

triadic

#499BB2 #B2499B #9BB249

tetradic

#499BB2 #9549B2 #B26049 #67B249

square

#499BB2 #9549B2 #B26049 #67B249

split-complementary

#499BB2 #B24967 #B29549

monochromatic

#254F5B #377587 #499BB2 #73B3C5 #9ECBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#499BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#499BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BB2

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BB2	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.086 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c9',
    500: '#499bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bb2;
$custom-light: #85b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.143,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64758,
    "c": 0.08627,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BB2

secondary

#C49E93

accent

#7156D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BB2

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

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