#499DBB#499DBB

#499DBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.092 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DBB
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -16.38, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 28.35, 234.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0659 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.092 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7707, 29.1159, 51.3713)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DBB #BB6749

analogous

#49BBA0 #499DBB #4964BB

triadic

#499DBB #BB499D #9DBB49

tetradic

#499DBB #A049BB #BB6749 #64BB49

square

#499DBB #A049BB #BB6749 #64BB49

split-complementary

#499DBB #BB4964 #BBA049

monochromatic

#255464 #367991 #499DBB #76B5CC #A2CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#499DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#499DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DBB

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DBB	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)

#8C9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.092 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bacf',
    500: '#499dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dbb;
$custom-light: #87bacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65612,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DBB

secondary

#C9A497

accent

#7553D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DBB

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

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