#499DB7#499DB7

#499DB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.089 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DB7
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -17.61, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 27.50, 230.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0674 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.089 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3485, 28.9470, 49.1474)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DB7 #B76349

analogous

#49B79A #499DB7 #4966B7

triadic

#499DB7 #B7499D #9DB749

tetradic

#499DB7 #9A49B7 #B76349 #66B749

square

#499DB7 #9A49B7 #B76349 #66B749

split-complementary

#499DB7 #B74966 #B79A49

monochromatic

#265260 #37788C #499DB7 #75B5C8 #A1CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#499DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#499DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DB7

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DB7	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.089 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacc',
    500: '#499db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499db7;
$custom-light: #86bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.182,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65444,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DB7

secondary

#C6A195

accent

#7355D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DB7

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

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