#499BB5#499BB5

#499BB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.088 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BB5
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -17.16, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 27.13, 230.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.066 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.088 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8062, 28.1931, 47.9470)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BB5 #B56349

analogous

#49B599 #499BB5 #4965B5

triadic

#499BB5 #B5499B #9BB549

tetradic

#499BB5 #9949B5 #B56349 #65B549

square

#499BB5 #9949B5 #B56349 #65B549

split-complementary

#499BB5 #B54965 #B59949

monochromatic

#26505E #377689 #499BB5 #74B3C7 #A0CBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#499BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#499BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BB5

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BB5	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.088 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8cb',
    500: '#499bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bb5;
$custom-light: #86b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.444,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64882,
    "c": 0.08815,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BB5

secondary

#C5A094

accent

#7455D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BB5

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

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