#499CC8#499CC8

#499CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.104 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CC8
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 22%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -11.72, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 32.30, 248.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% -0.06 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.104 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0574, 29.3610, 58.9791)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CC8 #C87549

analogous

#49C8B4 #499CC8 #495CC8

triadic

#499CC8 #C8499C #9CC849

tetradic

#499CC8 #B449C8 #C87549 #5CC849

square

#499CC8 #B449C8 #C87549 #5CC849

split-complementary

#499CC8 #C8495C #C8B449

monochromatic

#235874 #317BA3 #499CC8 #78B6D6 #A7CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#499CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#499CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CC8

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CC8	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.104 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9d9',
    500: '#499cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cc8;
$custom-light: #88b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.787,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65952,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CC8

secondary

#D2AE9B

accent

#7D4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CC8

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

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