#499CC3#499CC3

#499CC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.099 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CC3
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 195)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 20%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -13.32, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 30.66, 244.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0618 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.099 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4826, 29.1311, 55.9518)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CC3 #C37049

analogous

#49C3AD #499CC3 #495FC3

triadic

#499CC3 #C3499C #9CC349

tetradic

#499CC3 #AD49C3 #C37049 #5FC349

square

#499CC3 #AD49C3 #C37049 #5FC349

split-complementary

#499CC3 #C3495F #C3AD49

monochromatic

#24566E #337A9C #499CC3 #77B5D2 #A5CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#499CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#499CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CC3

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CC3	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.099 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d5',
    500: '#499cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cc3;
$custom-light: #87b9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.18,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65725,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CC3

secondary

#CEAA99

accent

#7B4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CC3

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

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