#499CB8#499CB8

#499CB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.090 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CB8
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -16.77, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 27.73, 232.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0659 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.09 223)
XYZ	xyz(23.2844, 28.6518, 49.6414)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CB8 #B86549

analogous

#49B89C #499CB8 #4964B8

triadic

#499CB8 #B8499C #9CB849

tetradic

#499CB8 #9C49B8 #B86549 #64B849

square

#499CB8 #9C49B8 #B86549 #64B849

split-complementary

#499CB8 #B84964 #B89C49

monochromatic

#265261 #37778D #499CB8 #75B4C9 #A1CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#499CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#499CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CB8

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CB8	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.090 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9cd',
    500: '#499cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cb8;
$custom-light: #86b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.135,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65247,
    "c": 0.09013,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.28654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CB8

secondary

#C7A296

accent

#7454D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CB8

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

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