#499CB4#499CB4

#499CB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.088 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CB4
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -18.00, -20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 26.94, 228.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0675 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.088 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8711, 28.4864, 47.4643)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CB4 #B46149

analogous

#49B497 #499CB4 #4967B4

triadic

#499CB4 #B4499C #9CB449

tetradic

#499CB4 #9749B4 #B46149 #67B449

square

#499CB4 #9749B4 #B46149 #67B449

split-complementary

#499CB4 #B44967 #B49749

monochromatic

#26515D #377688 #499CB4 #74B4C7 #9FCBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#499CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CB4

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CB4	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.088 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9ca',
    500: '#499cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cb4;
$custom-light: #86b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.458,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6508,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CB4

secondary

#C59F94

accent

#7256D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CB4

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

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