#499CB1#499CB1

#499CB1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.086 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CB1
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 177)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 11.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -18.91, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 26.47, 224.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0687 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.086 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5688, 28.3655, 45.8722)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CB1 #B15E49

analogous

#49B192 #499CB1 #4968B1

triadic

#499CB1 #B1499C #9CB149

tetradic

#499CB1 #9249B1 #B15E49 #68B149

square

#499CB1 #9249B1 #B15E49 #68B149

split-complementary

#499CB1 #B14968 #B19249

monochromatic

#25505A #377686 #499CB1 #72B4C5 #9ECBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#499CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#499CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CB1

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CB1	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)

#8E98B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.086 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9c8',
    500: '#499cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cb1;
$custom-light: #85b9c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.115,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64957,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CB1

secondary

#C39C92

accent

#6F56D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CB1

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

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