#499BC4#499BC4

#499BC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.100 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BC4
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, -12.45, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 31.16, 246.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0604 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.1 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4289, 28.8422, 56.4935)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BC4 #C47249

analogous

#49C4AF #499BC4 #495DC4

triadic

#499BC4 #C4499B #9BC449

tetradic

#499BC4 #AF49C4 #C47249 #5DC449

square

#499BC4 #AF49C4 #C47249 #5DC449

split-complementary

#499BC4 #C4495D #C4AF49

monochromatic

#24566F #337A9D #499BC4 #77B4D3 #A5CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#499BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BC4

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BC4	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8799C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.100 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d6',
    500: '#499bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bc4;
$custom-light: #87b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65535,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BC4

secondary

#CFAC9A

accent

#7C4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BC4

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

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