#499CCB#499CCB

#499CCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.106 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CCB
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 203)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 23.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, -10.75, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 33.37, 251.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.059 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.106 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4115, 29.5026, 60.8437)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CCB #CB7849

analogous

#49CBB9 #499CCB #495BCB

triadic

#499CCB #CB499C #9CCB49

tetradic

#499CCB #B949CB #CB7849 #5BCB49

square

#499CCB #B949CB #CB7849 #5BCB49

split-complementary

#499CCB #CB495B #CBB949

monochromatic

#225977 #307CA7 #499CCB #79B6D9 #A8D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#499CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#499CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CCB

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CCB	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.106 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9db',
    500: '#499ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ccb;
$custom-light: #88b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66092,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CCB

secondary

#D4B09C

accent

#7F49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CCB

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

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