#499BCB#499BCB

#499BCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.107 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BCB
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -10.19, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 33.63, 252.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0579 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.107 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2444, 29.1684, 60.7880)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BCB #CB7949

analogous

#49CBBA #499BCB #495ACB

triadic

#499BCB #CB499B #9BCB49

tetradic

#499BCB #BA49CB #CB7949 #5ACB49

square

#499BCB #BA49CB #CB7949 #5ACB49

split-complementary

#499BCB #CB495A #CBBA49

monochromatic

#225877 #307BA7 #499BCB #79B5D9 #A8CFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#499BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#499BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BCB

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BCB	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.107 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8db',
    500: '#499bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bcb;
$custom-light: #88b8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.154,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65859,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BCB

secondary

#D4B19C

accent

#8049DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BCB

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

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