#499CBE#499CBE

#499CBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.095 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CBE
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -14.90, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 29.20, 239.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0636 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.095 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9267, 28.9087, 53.0242)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CBE #BE6B49

analogous

#49BEA6 #499CBE #4962BE

triadic

#499CBE #BE499C #9CBE49

tetradic

#499CBE #A649BE #BE6B49 #62BE49

square

#499CBE #A649BE #BE6B49 #62BE49

split-complementary

#499CBE #BE4962 #BEA649

monochromatic

#255468 #357995 #499CBE #76B5CE #A3CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#499CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CBE

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CBE	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.095 227.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.436,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65504,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CBE

secondary

#CBA798

accent

#7851D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CBE

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

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