#499BB3#499BB3

#499BB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.087 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BB3
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -17.77, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 26.75, 228.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0668 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.087 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6025, 28.1116, 46.8740)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BB3 #B36149

analogous

#49B396 #499BB3 #4966B3

triadic

#499BB3 #B3499B #9BB349

tetradic

#499BB3 #9649B3 #B36149 #66B349

square

#499BB3 #9649B3 #B36149 #66B349

split-complementary

#499BB3 #B34966 #B39649

monochromatic

#26505C #377588 #499BB3 #73B3C6 #9FCBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#499BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#499BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BB3

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BB3	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.087 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8c9',
    500: '#499bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bb3;
$custom-light: #86b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64799,
    "c": 0.08687,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BB3

secondary

#C49F93

accent

#7256D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BB3

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

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