#499CC0#499CC0

#499CC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.096 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CC0
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 192)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -14.27, -26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 29.76, 241.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0629 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.096 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1468, 28.9968, 54.1833)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CC0 #C06D49

analogous

#49C0A8 #499CC0 #4961C0

triadic

#499CC0 #C0499C #9CC049

tetradic

#499CC0 #A849C0 #C06D49 #61C049

square

#499CC0 #A849C0 #C06D49 #61C049

split-complementary

#499CC0 #C04961 #C0A849

monochromatic

#25556A #347997 #499CC0 #76B5D0 #A4CDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#499CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#499CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CC0

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CC0	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.096 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d3',
    500: '#499cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cc0;
$custom-light: #87b9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.151,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65592,
    "c": 0.09631,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CC0

secondary

#CCA898

accent

#7950D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CC0

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

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