#499CCC#499CCC

#499CCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.107 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CCC
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 23.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -10.42, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 33.74, 252.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.0587 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.107 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5310, 29.5504, 61.4733)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CCC #CC7949

analogous

#49CCBB #499CCC #495BCC

triadic

#499CCC #CC499C #9CCC49

tetradic

#499CCC #BB49CC #CC7949 #5BCC49

square

#499CCC #BB49CC #CC7949 #5BCC49

split-complementary

#499CCC #CC495B #CCBB49

monochromatic

#225979 #2F7CA9 #499CCC #79B6D9 #A9D0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#499CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#499CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CCC

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CCC	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.107 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9db',
    500: '#499ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ccc;
$custom-light: #89b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.985,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66139,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CCC

secondary

#D4B19D

accent

#8048E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CCC

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

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