#499BCA#499BCA

#499BCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.106 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BCA
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, -10.52, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 33.26, 251.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0583 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.106 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1256, 29.1209, 60.1624)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BCA #CA7849

analogous

#49CAB8 #499BCA #495BCA

triadic

#499BCA #CA499B #9BCA49

tetradic

#499BCA #B849CA #CA7849 #5BCA49

square

#499BCA #B849CA #CA7849 #5BCA49

split-complementary

#499BCA #CA495B #CAB849

monochromatic

#225876 #307BA6 #499BCA #78B5D8 #A8CFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#499BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#499BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BCA

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BCA	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)

#859ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.106 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8da',
    500: '#499bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bca;
$custom-light: #88b8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.86,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65812,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BCA

secondary

#D3B09C

accent

#804ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BCA

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

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