#499BBB#499BBB

#499BBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.092 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BBB
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -15.30, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 28.51, 237.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0637 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.092 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4351, 28.4447, 51.2594)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BBB #BB6949

analogous

#49BBA2 #499BBB #4962BB

triadic

#499BBB #BB499B #9BBB49

tetradic

#499BBB #A249BB #BB6949 #62BB49

square

#499BBB #A249BB #BB6949 #62BB49

split-complementary

#499BBB #BB4962 #BBA249

monochromatic

#255364 #367791 #499BBB #76B3CC #A2CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#499BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BBB

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BBB	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.092 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8cf',
    500: '#499bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bbb;
$custom-light: #86b8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.842,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65137,
    "c": 0.09248,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BBB

secondary

#C9A597

accent

#7753D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BBB

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

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