#499CCE#499CCE

#499CCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.110 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CCE
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -9.77, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 34.49, 253.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.058 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.11 238)
XYZ	xyz(25.7724, 29.6470, 62.7448)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CCE #CE7B49

analogous

#49CEBD #499CCE #495ACE

triadic

#499CCE #CE499C #9CCE49

tetradic

#499CCE #BD49CE #CE7B49 #5ACE49

square

#499CCE #BD49CE #CE7B49 #5ACE49

split-complementary

#499CCE #CE495A #CEBD49

monochromatic

#21597B #2E7CAC #499CCE #79B6DB #A9D0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#499CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#499CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CCE

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CCE	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.110 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9dd',
    500: '#499cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499cce;
$custom-light: #89b9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.556,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66233,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.2965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CCE

secondary

#D5B29D

accent

#8147E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CCE

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

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