#499DB6#499DB6

#499DB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.089 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DB6
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -17.92, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 27.31, 229.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0678 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.089 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2448, 28.9055, 48.6012)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DB6 #B66249

analogous

#49B698 #499DB6 #4967B6

triadic

#499DB6 #B6499D #9DB649

tetradic

#499DB6 #9849B6 #B66249 #67B649

square

#499DB6 #9849B6 #B66249 #67B649

split-complementary

#499DB6 #B64967 #B69849

monochromatic

#26525F #37778A #499DB6 #75B5C8 #A0CCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#499DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DB6

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DB6	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.089 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacc',
    500: '#499db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499db6;
$custom-light: #86bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.761,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65402,
    "c": 0.08876,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DB6

secondary

#C6A095

accent

#7255D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DB6

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

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