#499BCC#499BCC

#499BCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.108 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BCC
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 24%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, -9.87, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 34.00, 253.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0576 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.108 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3639, 29.2162, 61.4176)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BCC #CC7A49

analogous

#49CCBC #499BCC #495ACC

triadic

#499BCC #CC499B #9BCC49

tetradic

#499BCC #BC49CC #CC7A49 #5ACC49

square

#499BCC #BC49CC #CC7A49 #5ACC49

split-complementary

#499BCC #CC495A #CCBC49

monochromatic

#225879 #2F7BA9 #499BCC #79B5D9 #A9D0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#499BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#499BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BCC

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BCC	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.108 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8db',
    500: '#499bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bcc;
$custom-light: #89b8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.443,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65906,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BCC

secondary

#D4B19D

accent

#8148E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BCC

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

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