#499DB5#499DB5

#499DB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.088 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DB5
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 181)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, -18.22, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 27.13, 227.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0682 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.088 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1418, 28.8643, 48.0589)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DB5 #B56149

analogous

#49B597 #499DB5 #4967B5

triadic

#499DB5 #B5499D #9DB549

tetradic

#499DB5 #9749B5 #B56149 #67B549

square

#499DB5 #9749B5 #B56149 #67B549

split-complementary

#499DB5 #B54967 #B59749

monochromatic

#26515E #377789 #499DB5 #74B5C7 #A0CCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#499DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DB5

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DB5	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)

#8E99B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.088 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacb',
    500: '#499db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499db5;
$custom-light: #86bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65361,
    "c": 0.08816,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DB5

secondary

#C59F94

accent

#7155D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DB5

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

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