#499BC8#499BC8

#499BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.104 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BC8
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -11.17, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 32.54, 249.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.059 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.104 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8903, 29.0268, 58.9234)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BC8 #C87649

analogous

#49C8B5 #499BC8 #495BC8

triadic

#499BC8 #C8499B #9BC849

tetradic

#499BC8 #B549C8 #C87649 #5BC849

square

#499BC8 #B549C8 #C87649 #5BC849

split-complementary

#499BC8 #C8495B #C8B549

monochromatic

#235774 #317AA3 #499BC8 #78B5D6 #A7CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#499BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#499BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BC8

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BC8	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.104 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8d9',
    500: '#499bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bc8;
$custom-light: #88b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.26,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65719,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BC8

secondary

#D2AE9B

accent

#7F4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BC8

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

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