#499DB8#499DB8

#499DB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.090 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DB8
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -17.30, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 27.69, 231.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.067 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.09 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4529, 28.9888, 49.6975)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DB8 #B86449

analogous

#49B89C #499DB8 #4965B8

triadic

#499DB8 #B8499D #9DB849

tetradic

#499DB8 #9C49B8 #B86449 #65B849

square

#499DB8 #9C49B8 #B86449 #65B849

split-complementary

#499DB8 #B84965 #B89C49

monochromatic

#265261 #37788D #499DB8 #75B5C9 #A1CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#499DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#499DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DB8

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DB8	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.090 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacd',
    500: '#499db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499db8;
$custom-light: #86bacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65485,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DB8

secondary

#C7A296

accent

#7354D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DB8

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

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