#499BC2#499BC2

#499BC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.098 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BC2
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -13.09, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 30.52, 244.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0611 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.098 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2028, 28.7518, 55.3026)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BC2 #C27049

analogous

#49C2AD #499BC2 #495FC2

triadic

#499BC2 #C2499B #9BC249

tetradic

#499BC2 #AD49C2 #C27049 #5FC249

square

#499BC2 #AD49C2 #C27049 #5FC249

split-complementary

#499BC2 #C2495F #C2AD49

monochromatic

#24556C #34799A #499BC2 #77B4D1 #A5CDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#499BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#499BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BC2

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BC2	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.098 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d4',
    500: '#499bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bc2;
$custom-light: #87b8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.339,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65445,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BC2

secondary

#CEAA99

accent

#7B4ED9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BC2

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

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