#499BBC#499BBC

#499BBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.093 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BBC
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -14.99, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 28.77, 238.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.0633 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.093 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5425, 28.4877, 51.8252)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BBC #BC6A49

analogous

#49BCA3 #499BBC #4961BC

triadic

#499BBC #BC499B #9BBC49

tetradic

#499BBC #A349BC #BC6A49 #61BC49

square

#499BBC #A349BC #BC6A49 #61BC49

split-complementary

#499BBC #BC4961 #BCA349

monochromatic

#255365 #367892 #499BBC #76B4CC #A2CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#499BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BBC

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BBC	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.093 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d0',
    500: '#499bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bbc;
$custom-light: #87b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.217,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6518,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BBC

secondary

#CAA697

accent

#7852D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BBC

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

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