#499BCE#499BCE

#499BCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.110 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BCE
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -9.22, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 34.77, 254.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66% -0.0569 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.11 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6053, 29.3128, 62.6891)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BCE #CE7C49

analogous

#49CEBF #499BCE #4958CE

triadic

#499BCE #CE499B #9BCE49

tetradic

#499BCE #BF49CE #CE7C49 #58CE49

square

#499BCE #BF49CE #CE7C49 #58CE49

split-complementary

#499BCE #CE4958 #CEBF49

monochromatic

#21597B #2E7CAC #499BCE #79B5DB #A9D0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#499BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#499BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BCE

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BCE	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.110 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8dd',
    500: '#499bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499bce;
$custom-light: #89b8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.008,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66002,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BCE

secondary

#D5B39D

accent

#8247E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BCE

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

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