#499BB9#499BB9

#499BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.091 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BB9
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -15.92, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 28.01, 235.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0644 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.091 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2225, 28.3596, 50.1397)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BB9 #B96749

analogous

#49B99F #499BB9 #4963B9

triadic

#499BB9 #B9499B #9BB949

tetradic

#499BB9 #9F49B9 #B96749 #63B949

square

#499BB9 #9F49B9 #B96749 #63B949

split-complementary

#499BB9 #B94963 #B99F49

monochromatic

#265262 #37778E #499BB9 #75B3CA #A1CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#499BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#499BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BB9

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BB9	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.091 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8ce',
    500: '#499bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bb9;
$custom-light: #86b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.071,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65051,
    "c": 0.09096,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BB9

secondary

#C8A396

accent

#7654D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BB9

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

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