#499CC1#499CC1

#499CC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.097 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CC1
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 193)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -13.95, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 30.05, 242.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0625 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.097 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2580, 29.0412, 54.7688)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CC1 #C16E49

analogous

#49C1AA #499CC1 #4960C1

triadic

#499CC1 #C1499C #9CC149

tetradic

#499CC1 #AA49C1 #C16E49 #60C149

square

#499CC1 #AA49C1 #C16E49 #60C149

split-complementary

#499CC1 #C14960 #C1AA49

monochromatic

#24556B #347A99 #499CC1 #77B5D1 #A4CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#499CC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#499CC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CC1

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CC1	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.097 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d3',
    500: '#499cc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cc1;
$custom-light: #87b9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65636,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CC1

secondary

#CDA999

accent

#7A4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CC1

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

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