#499DB1#499DB1

#499DB1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.086 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DB1
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 177)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -19.43, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 26.53, 222.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0698 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.086 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7373, 28.7025, 45.9283)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DB1 #B15D49

analogous

#49B191 #499DB1 #4969B1

triadic

#499DB1 #B1499D #9DB149

tetradic

#499DB1 #9149B1 #B15D49 #69B149

square

#499DB1 #9149B1 #B15D49 #69B149

split-complementary

#499DB1 #B14969 #B19149

monochromatic

#25505A #377786 #499DB1 #72B5C5 #9ECCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#499DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#499DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DB1

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DB1	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.086 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bac8',
    500: '#499db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499db1;
$custom-light: #85bac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65198,
    "c": 0.08592,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DB1

secondary

#C39C92

accent

#6E56D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DB1

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

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