#499CB2#499CB2

#499CB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.086 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CB2
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -18.60, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 26.61, 225.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0683 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.086 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6688, 28.4055, 46.3990)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CB2 #B25F49

analogous

#49B294 #499CB2 #4968B2

triadic

#499CB2 #B2499C #9CB249

tetradic

#499CB2 #9449B2 #B25F49 #68B249

square

#499CB2 #9449B2 #B25F49 #68B249

split-complementary

#499CB2 #B24968 #B29449

monochromatic

#25505B #377687 #499CB2 #73B4C5 #9ECBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#499CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CB2

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CB2	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.086 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9c9',
    500: '#499cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cb2;
$custom-light: #86b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.571,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64998,
    "c": 0.08634,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CB2

secondary

#C49D93

accent

#7056D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CB2

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

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