#499BB8#499BB8

#499BB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.090 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BB8
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 184)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -16.23, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 27.77, 234.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0648 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.09 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1173, 28.3176, 49.5857)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BB8 #B86649

analogous

#49B89E #499BB8 #4963B8

triadic

#499BB8 #B8499B #9BB849

tetradic

#499BB8 #9E49B8 #B86649 #63B849

square

#499BB8 #9E49B8 #B86649 #63B849

split-complementary

#499BB8 #B84963 #B89E49

monochromatic

#265161 #37768D #499BB8 #75B3C9 #A1CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#499BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#499BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BB8

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BB8	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	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)

#8B98BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.090 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8cd',
    500: '#499bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bb8;
$custom-light: #86b8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.676,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65008,
    "c": 0.09023,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BB8

secondary

#C7A396

accent

#7554D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BB8

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

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