#499CB3#499CB3

#499CB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.087 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CB3
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 179)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -18.30, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 26.77, 226.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.0679 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.087 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7696, 28.4458, 46.9297)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CB3 #B36049

analogous

#49B395 #499CB3 #4967B3

triadic

#499CB3 #B3499C #9CB349

tetradic

#499CB3 #9549B3 #B36049 #67B349

square

#499CB3 #9549B3 #B36049 #67B349

split-complementary

#499CB3 #B34967 #B39549

monochromatic

#26505C #377688 #499CB3 #73B4C6 #9FCBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#499CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CB3

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CB3	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.087 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9c9',
    500: '#499cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cb3;
$custom-light: #86b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.019,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65039,
    "c": 0.08692,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CB3

secondary

#C49E93

accent

#7156D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CB3

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

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