#499CB9#499CB9

#499CB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.091 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CB9
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -16.46, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 27.95, 233.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0655 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.091 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3896, 28.6939, 50.1954)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CB9 #B96649

analogous

#49B99E #499CB9 #4964B9

triadic

#499CB9 #B9499C #9CB949

tetradic

#499CB9 #9E49B9 #B96649 #64B949

square

#499CB9 #9E49B9 #B96649 #64B949

split-complementary

#499CB9 #B94964 #B99E49

monochromatic

#265262 #37778E #499CB9 #75B4CA #A1CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#499CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#499CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CB9

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CB9	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.091 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9ce',
    500: '#499cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cb9;
$custom-light: #86b9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.536,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65289,
    "c": 0.09084,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CB9

secondary

#C8A396

accent

#7554D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CB9

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

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