#499CB5#499CB5

#499CB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.088 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CB5
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -17.69, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 27.12, 229.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0671 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.088 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9733, 28.5273, 48.0027)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CB5 #B56249

analogous

#49B598 #499CB5 #4966B5

triadic

#499CB5 #B5499C #9CB549

tetradic

#499CB5 #9849B5 #B56249 #66B549

square

#499CB5 #9849B5 #B56249 #66B549

split-complementary

#499CB5 #B54966 #B59849

monochromatic

#26515E #377689 #499CB5 #74B4C7 #A0CBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#499CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#499CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CB5

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CB5	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.088 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9cb',
    500: '#499cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cb5;
$custom-light: #86b9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.889,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65121,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CB5

secondary

#C5A094

accent

#7255D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CB5

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

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