#499BC1#499BC1

#499BC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.097 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BC1
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 193)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -13.41, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 30.21, 243.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0615 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.097 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0909, 28.7070, 54.7131)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BC1 #C16F49

analogous

#49C1AB #499BC1 #495FC1

triadic

#499BC1 #C1499B #9BC149

tetradic

#499BC1 #AB49C1 #C16F49 #5FC149

square

#499BC1 #AB49C1 #C16F49 #5FC149

split-complementary

#499BC1 #C1495F #C1AB49

monochromatic

#24556B #347999 #499BC1 #77B4D1 #A4CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#499BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#499BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BC1

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BC1	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.097 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d3',
    500: '#499bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bc1;
$custom-light: #87b8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.654,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BC1

secondary

#CDA999

accent

#7B4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BC1

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

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