#499CB7#499CB7

#499CB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.089 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CB7
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 183)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -17.08, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 27.51, 231.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% -0.0663 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.089 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1800, 28.6100, 49.0913)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CB7 #B76449

analogous

#49B79B #499CB7 #4965B7

triadic

#499CB7 #B7499C #9CB749

tetradic

#499CB7 #9B49B7 #B76449 #65B749

square

#499CB7 #9B49B7 #B76449 #65B749

split-complementary

#499CB7 #B74965 #B79B49

monochromatic

#265260 #37778C #499CB7 #75B4C8 #A1CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#499CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#499CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CB7

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CB7	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.089 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9cc',
    500: '#499cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cb7;
$custom-light: #86b9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.727,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65205,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CB7

secondary

#C6A195

accent

#7455D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CB7

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

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