#499DC1#499DC1

#499DC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.097 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DC1
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 193)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -14.50, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 29.91, 241.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.0636 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.097 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4265, 29.3782, 54.8250)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DC1 #C16D49

analogous

#49C1A9 #499DC1 #4961C1

triadic

#499DC1 #C1499D #9DC149

tetradic

#499DC1 #A949C1 #C16D49 #61C149

square

#499DC1 #A949C1 #C16D49 #61C149

split-complementary

#499DC1 #C14961 #C1A949

monochromatic

#24566B #347B99 #499DC1 #77B6D1 #A4CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499DC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#499DC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DC1

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DC1	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.097 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad3',
    500: '#499dc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dc1;
$custom-light: #87bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65872,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DC1

secondary

#CDA899

accent

#784FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DC1

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

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