#499DAE#499DAE

#499DAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.085 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DAE
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -20.33, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 26.20, 219.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.071 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.085 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4415, 28.5842, 44.3708)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DAE #AE5A49

analogous

#49AE8C #499DAE #496AAE

triadic

#499DAE #AE499D #9DAE49

tetradic

#499DAE #8C49AE #AE5A49 #6AAE49

square

#499DAE #8C49AE #AE5A49 #6AAE49

split-complementary

#499DAE #AE496A #AE8C49

monochromatic

#254F58 #377683 #499DAE #71B5C3 #9CCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#499DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#499DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DAE

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DAE	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.085 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bac6',
    500: '#499dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dae;
$custom-light: #85bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.099,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65079,
    "c": 0.08451,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DAE

secondary

#C29991

accent

#6C57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DAE

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

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