#499DBA#499DBA

#499DBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.091 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DBA
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 186)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -16.69, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 28.12, 233.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.0663 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.091 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6641, 29.0732, 50.8094)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DBA #BA6649

analogous

#49BA9E #499DBA #4964BA

triadic

#499DBA #BA499D #9DBA49

tetradic

#499DBA #9E49BA #BA6649 #64BA49

square

#499DBA #9E49BA #BA6649 #64BA49

split-complementary

#499DBA #BA4964 #BA9E49

monochromatic

#265363 #36798F #499DBA #75B5CB #A2CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#499DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#499DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DBA

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DBA	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.091 223.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.398,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6557,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DBA

secondary

#C8A396

accent

#7453D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DBA

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

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