#499DBC#499DBC

#499DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.093 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DBC
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, -16.06, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 28.59, 235.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% -0.0655 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.093 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8782, 29.1589, 51.9370)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DBC #BC6849

analogous

#49BCA1 #499DBC #4963BC

triadic

#499DBC #BC499D #9DBC49

tetradic

#499DBC #A149BC #BC6849 #63BC49

square

#499DBC #A149BC #BC6849 #63BC49

split-complementary

#499DBC #BC4963 #BCA149

monochromatic

#255465 #367992 #499DBC #76B5CC #A2CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#499DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#499DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DBC

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DBC	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.093 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad0',
    500: '#499dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dbc;
$custom-light: #87bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.174,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65655,
    "c": 0.0929,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DBC

secondary

#CAA597

accent

#7652D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DBC

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

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