#499CC6#499CC6

#499CC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.102 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CC6
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 198)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 21.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -12.36, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 31.63, 246.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0607 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.102 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8252, 29.2681, 57.7561)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CC6 #C67349

analogous

#49C6B1 #499CC6 #495DC6

triadic

#499CC6 #C6499C #9CC649

tetradic

#499CC6 #B149C6 #C67349 #5DC649

square

#499CC6 #B149C6 #C67349 #5DC649

split-complementary

#499CC6 #C6495D #C6B149

monochromatic

#235771 #327BA0 #499CC6 #78B5D5 #A6CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#499CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#499CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CC6

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CC6	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#889AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.102 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9d7',
    500: '#499cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cc6;
$custom-light: #88b9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.16,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65861,
    "c": 0.10164,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CC6

secondary

#D0AD9A

accent

#7C4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CC6

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

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