#499CBB#499CBB

#499CBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.092 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CBB
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -15.84, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 28.42, 236.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0648 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.092 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6022, 28.7789, 51.3151)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CBB #BB6849

analogous

#49BBA1 #499CBB #4963BB

triadic

#499CBB #BB499C #9CBB49

tetradic

#499CBB #A149BB #BB6849 #63BB49

square

#499CBB #A149BB #BB6849 #63BB49

split-complementary

#499CBB #BB4963 #BBA149

monochromatic

#255364 #367891 #499CBB #76B4CC #A2CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#499CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#499CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CBB

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CBB	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.092 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9cf',
    500: '#499cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cbb;
$custom-light: #86b9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.316,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65374,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CBB

secondary

#C9A497

accent

#7653D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CBB

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

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