#499CBC#499CBC

#499CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.093 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CBC
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -15.53, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 28.67, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0644 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.093 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7097, 28.8219, 51.8809)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CBC #BC6949

analogous

#49BCA2 #499CBC #4962BC

triadic

#499CBC #BC499C #9CBC49

tetradic

#499CBC #A249BC #BC6949 #62BC49

square

#499CBC #A249BC #BC6949 #62BC49

split-complementary

#499CBC #BC4962 #BCA249

monochromatic

#255365 #367892 #499CBC #76B4CC #A2CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#499CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CBC

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CBC	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	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)

#8B99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.093 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d0',
    500: '#499cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cbc;
$custom-light: #87b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.696,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65417,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CBC

secondary

#CAA597

accent

#7752D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CBC

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

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