#499DB3#499DB3

#499DB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.087 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DB3
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 179)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -18.83, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 26.81, 225.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.069 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.087 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9381, 28.7828, 46.9859)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DB3 #B35F49

analogous

#49B394 #499DB3 #4968B3

triadic

#499DB3 #B3499D #9DB349

tetradic

#499DB3 #9449B3 #B35F49 #68B349

square

#499DB3 #9449B3 #B35F49 #68B349

split-complementary

#499DB3 #B34968 #B39449

monochromatic

#26515C #377788 #499DB3 #73B5C6 #9FCCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#499DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#499DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DB3

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DB3	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.087 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac9',
    500: '#499db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499db3;
$custom-light: #86bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.453,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65279,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DB3

secondary

#C49E93

accent

#7056D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DB3

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

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