#499CBA#499CBA

#499CBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.092 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CBA
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, -16.15, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 28.18, 235.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0652 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.092 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4956, 28.7362, 50.7533)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CBA #BA6749

analogous

#49BA9F #499CBA #4963BA

triadic

#499CBA #BA499C #9CBA49

tetradic

#499CBA #9F49BA #BA6749 #63BA49

square

#499CBA #9F49BA #BA6749 #63BA49

split-complementary

#499CBA #BA4963 #BA9F49

monochromatic

#265363 #36788F #499CBA #75B4CB #A2CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#499CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#499CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CBA

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CBA	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.092 224.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.929,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65331,
    "c": 0.09156,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CBA

secondary

#C8A496

accent

#7553D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CBA

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

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