#499CBD#499CBD

#499CBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.094 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CBD
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, -15.21, -24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 28.93, 238.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.064 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.094 227)
XYZ	xyz(23.8178, 28.8651, 52.4506)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CBD #BD6A49

analogous

#49BDA4 #499CBD #4962BD

triadic

#499CBD #BD499C #9CBD49

tetradic

#499CBD #A449BD #BD6A49 #62BD49

square

#499CBD #A449BD #BD6A49 #62BD49

split-complementary

#499CBD #BD4962 #BDA449

monochromatic

#255466 #357993 #499CBD #76B4CD #A3CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#499CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CBD

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CBD	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.094 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d1',
    500: '#499cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cbd;
$custom-light: #87b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.069,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6546,
    "c": 0.09385,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.28868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CBD

secondary

#CAA697

accent

#7751D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CBD

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

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