#499BC9#499BC9

#499BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.105 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BC9
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -10.84, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 32.89, 250.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0586 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.105 236)
XYZ	xyz(25.0076, 29.0737, 59.5409)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BC9 #C97749

analogous

#49C9B7 #499BC9 #495BC9

triadic

#499BC9 #C9499B #9BC949

tetradic

#499BC9 #B749C9 #C97749 #5BC949

square

#499BC9 #B749C9 #C97749 #5BC949

split-complementary

#499BC9 #C9495B #C9B749

monochromatic

#235775 #317BA4 #499BC9 #78B5D7 #A7CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#499BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#499BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BC9

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BC9	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.105 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8d9',
    500: '#499bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bc9;
$custom-light: #88b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.563,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65766,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.29076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BC9

secondary

#D2AF9C

accent

#7F4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BC9

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

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