#499CB0#499CB0

#499CB0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.085 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CB0
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 176)
HSL	hsl(192, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, -19.21, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 26.33, 223.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0691 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.085 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4695, 28.3258, 45.3492)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CB0 #B05D49

analogous

#49B091 #499CB0 #4969B0

triadic

#499CB0 #B0499C #9CB049

tetradic

#499CB0 #9149B0 #B05D49 #69B049

square

#499CB0 #9149B0 #B05D49 #69B049

split-complementary

#499CB0 #B04969 #B09149

monochromatic

#254F59 #377685 #499CB0 #72B4C4 #9DCBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#499CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#499CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CB0

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CB0	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.085 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9c7',
    500: '#499cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cb0;
$custom-light: #85b9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.65,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64917,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CB0

secondary

#C39B92

accent

#6E57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CB0

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

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