#499BC5#499BC5

#499BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.101 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BC5
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -12.13, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 31.50, 247.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.06 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.101 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5431, 28.8879, 57.0950)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BC5 #C57349

analogous

#49C5B1 #499BC5 #495DC5

triadic

#499BC5 #C5499B #9BC549

tetradic

#499BC5 #B149C5 #C57349 #5DC549

square

#499BC5 #B149C5 #C57349 #5DC549

split-complementary

#499BC5 #C5495D #C5B149

monochromatic

#245670 #327A9E #499BC5 #77B4D4 #A6CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#499BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BC5

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BC5	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8799C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.101 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8d6',
    500: '#499bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bc5;
$custom-light: #88b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.323,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65581,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BC5

secondary

#D0AC9A

accent

#7D4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BC5

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

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