#499DB9#499DB9

#499DB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.091 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DB9
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -17.00, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 27.90, 232.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% -0.0666 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.091 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5581, 29.0309, 50.2515)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DB9 #B96549

analogous

#49B99D #499DB9 #4965B9

triadic

#499DB9 #B9499D #9DB949

tetradic

#499DB9 #9D49B9 #B96549 #65B949

square

#499DB9 #9D49B9 #B96549 #65B949

split-complementary

#499DB9 #B94965 #B99D49

monochromatic

#265362 #37788E #499DB9 #75B5CA #A1CDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#499DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#499DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DB9

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DB9	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.091 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bace',
    500: '#499db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499db9;
$custom-light: #86bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65527,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DB9

secondary

#C8A296

accent

#7454D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DB9

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

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