#499CB6#499CB6

#499CB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.089 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CB6
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -17.38, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 27.31, 230.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0667 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.089 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0763, 28.5685, 48.5451)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CB6 #B66349

analogous

#49B69A #499CB6 #4965B6

triadic

#499CB6 #B6499C #9CB649

tetradic

#499CB6 #9A49B6 #B66349 #65B649

square

#499CB6 #9A49B6 #B66349 #65B649

split-complementary

#499CB6 #B64965 #B69A49

monochromatic

#26515F #37778A #499CB6 #75B4C8 #A0CCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#499CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#499CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CB6

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CB6	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)

#8C98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.089 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9cc',
    500: '#499cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cb6;
$custom-light: #86b9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.312,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65163,
    "c": 0.08878,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CB6

secondary

#C6A195

accent

#7355D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CB6

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

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