#499DB2#499DB2

#499DB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.086 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DB2
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, -19.13, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 26.67, 224.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0694 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.086 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8373, 28.7425, 46.4552)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DB2 #B25E49

analogous

#49B293 #499DB2 #4969B2

triadic

#499DB2 #B2499D #9DB249

tetradic

#499DB2 #9349B2 #B25E49 #69B249

square

#499DB2 #9349B2 #B25E49 #69B249

split-complementary

#499DB2 #B24969 #B29349

monochromatic

#25505B #377787 #499DB2 #73B5C5 #9ECCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#499DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#499DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DB2

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DB2	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.086 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac9',
    500: '#499db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499db2;
$custom-light: #86bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65239,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DB2

secondary

#C49D93

accent

#6F56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DB2

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

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