#499BC6#499BC6

#499BC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.102 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BC6
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(201, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -11.81, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 31.84, 248.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.0597 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.102 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6581, 28.9339, 57.7004)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BC6 #C67449

analogous

#49C6B2 #499BC6 #495CC6

triadic

#499BC6 #C6499B #9BC649

tetradic

#499BC6 #B249C6 #C67449 #5CC649

square

#499BC6 #B249C6 #C67449 #5CC649

split-complementary

#499BC6 #C6495C #C6B249

monochromatic

#235671 #327AA0 #499BC6 #78B5D5 #A6CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#499BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#499BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BC6

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BC6	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.102 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8d7',
    500: '#499bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bc6;
$custom-light: #88b8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.64,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65627,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BC6

secondary

#D0AD9A

accent

#7D4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BC6

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

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