#499CC5#499CC5

#499CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.101 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CC5
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 197)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -12.68, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 31.30, 246.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0611 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.101 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7103, 29.2221, 57.1507)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CC5 #C57249

analogous

#49C5B0 #499CC5 #495EC5

triadic

#499CC5 #C5499C #9CC549

tetradic

#499CC5 #B049C5 #C57249 #5EC549

square

#499CC5 #B049C5 #C57249 #5EC549

split-complementary

#499CC5 #C5495E #C5B049

monochromatic

#245770 #327B9E #499CC5 #77B5D4 #A6CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#499CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#499CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CC5

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CC5	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.101 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9d6',
    500: '#499cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cc5;
$custom-light: #88b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.839,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65815,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CC5

secondary

#D0AC9A

accent

#7C4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CC5

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

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