#499BBE#499BBE

#499BBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.095 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BBE
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -14.36, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 29.32, 240.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0626 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.095 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7596, 28.5745, 52.9685)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BBE #BE6C49

analogous

#49BEA7 #499BBE #4961BE

triadic

#499BBE #BE499B #9BBE49

tetradic

#499BBE #A749BE #BE6C49 #61BE49

square

#499BBE #A749BE #BE6C49 #61BE49

split-complementary

#499BBE #BE4961 #BEA749

monochromatic

#255468 #357895 #499BBE #76B4CE #A3CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#499BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#499BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BBE

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BBE	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.095 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d1',
    500: '#499bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bbe;
$custom-light: #87b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.949,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65267,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BBE

secondary

#CBA798

accent

#7951D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BBE

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

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