#499BB4#499BB4

#499BB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.087 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BB4
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -17.46, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 26.94, 229.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0664 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.088 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7040, 28.1522, 47.4086)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BB4 #B46249

analogous

#49B498 #499BB4 #4966B4

triadic

#499BB4 #B4499B #9BB449

tetradic

#499BB4 #9849B4 #B46249 #66B449

square

#499BB4 #9849B4 #B46249 #66B449

split-complementary

#499BB4 #B44966 #B49849

monochromatic

#26505D #377688 #499BB4 #74B3C7 #9FCBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#499BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#499BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BB4

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BB4	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.087 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8ca',
    500: '#499bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bb4;
$custom-light: #86b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.019,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6484,
    "c": 0.0875,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BB4

secondary

#C59F94

accent

#7356D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BB4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →