#499BC3#499BC3

#499BC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.099 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BC3
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, -12.77, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 30.84, 245.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0607 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.099 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3155, 28.7968, 55.8961)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BC3 #C37149

analogous

#49C3AE #499BC3 #495EC3

triadic

#499BC3 #C3499B #9BC349

tetradic

#499BC3 #AE49C3 #C37149 #5EC349

square

#499BC3 #AE49C3 #C37149 #5EC349

split-complementary

#499BC3 #C3495E #C3AE49

monochromatic

#24556E #33799C #499BC3 #77B4D2 #A5CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#499BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#499BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BC3

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BC3	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8799C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.099 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d5',
    500: '#499bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bc3;
$custom-light: #87b8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6549,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BC3

secondary

#CEAB99

accent

#7C4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BC3

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

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