#499DBE#499DBE

#499DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.094 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DBE
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -15.44, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 29.09, 237.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.0647 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.094 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0952, 29.2457, 53.0804)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DBE #BE6A49

analogous

#49BEA5 #499DBE #4963BE

triadic

#499DBE #BE499D #9DBE49

tetradic

#499DBE #A549BE #BE6A49 #63BE49

square

#499DBE #A549BE #BE6A49 #63BE49

split-complementary

#499DBE #BE4963 #BEA549

monochromatic

#255568 #357A95 #499DBE #76B5CE #A3CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#499DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#499DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DBE

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DBE	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.094 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad1',
    500: '#499dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dbe;
$custom-light: #87bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65741,
    "c": 0.09443,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DBE

secondary

#CBA698

accent

#7751D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DBE

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

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