#499CC2#499CC2

#499CC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.098 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CC2
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -13.64, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 30.35, 243.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0622 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.098 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3699, 29.0860, 55.3583)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CC2 #C26F49

analogous

#49C2AB #499CC2 #4960C2

triadic

#499CC2 #C2499C #9CC249

tetradic

#499CC2 #AB49C2 #C26F49 #60C249

square

#499CC2 #AB49C2 #C26F49 #60C249

split-complementary

#499CC2 #C24960 #C2AB49

monochromatic

#24566C #347A9A #499CC2 #77B5D1 #A5CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#499CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#499CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CC2

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CC2	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.098 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d4',
    500: '#499cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cc2;
$custom-light: #87b9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.843,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6568,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CC2

secondary

#CEAA99

accent

#7A4ED9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CC2

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

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