#499DB4#499DB4

#499DB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.088 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DB4
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, -18.53, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 26.96, 226.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0686 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.088 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0396, 28.8234, 47.5205)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DB4 #B46049

analogous

#49B495 #499DB4 #4968B4

triadic

#499DB4 #B4499D #9DB449

tetradic

#499DB4 #9549B4 #B46049 #68B449

square

#499DB4 #9549B4 #B46049 #68B449

split-complementary

#499DB4 #B44968 #B49549

monochromatic

#26515D #377788 #499DB4 #74B5C7 #9FCCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#499DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DB4

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DB4	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.088 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baca',
    500: '#499db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499db4;
$custom-light: #86baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.897,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6532,
    "c": 0.08756,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DB4

secondary

#C59E94

accent

#7056D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DB4

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

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