#499BB6#499BB6

#499BB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.089 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BB6
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -16.85, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 27.33, 231.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0656 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.089 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9092, 28.2343, 48.4894)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BB6 #B66449

analogous

#49B69A #499BB6 #4965B6

triadic

#499BB6 #B6499B #9BB649

tetradic

#499BB6 #9A49B6 #B66449 #65B649

square

#499BB6 #9A49B6 #B66449 #65B649

split-complementary

#499BB6 #B64965 #B69A49

monochromatic

#26515F #37768A #499BB6 #75B3C8 #A0CBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#499BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#499BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BB6

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BB6	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.089 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8cc',
    500: '#499bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bb6;
$custom-light: #86b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.862,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64924,
    "c": 0.08882,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BB6

secondary

#C6A195

accent

#7455D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BB6

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

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