#499BB7#499BB7

#499BB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.090 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BB7
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -16.54, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 27.55, 233.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% -0.0652 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.09 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0129, 28.2758, 49.0356)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BB7 #B76549

analogous

#49B79C #499BB7 #4964B7

triadic

#499BB7 #B7499B #9BB749

tetradic

#499BB7 #9C49B7 #B76549 #64B749

square

#499BB7 #9C49B7 #B76549 #64B749

split-complementary

#499BB7 #B74964 #B79C49

monochromatic

#265160 #37768C #499BB7 #75B3C8 #A1CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#499BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#499BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BB7

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BB7	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.090 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8cc',
    500: '#499bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bb7;
$custom-light: #86b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.273,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64966,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BB7

secondary

#C6A295

accent

#7555D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BB7

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

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