#499DC2#499DC2

#499DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.098 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DC2
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -14.18, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 30.19, 241.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% -0.0632 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.098 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5384, 29.4230, 55.4145)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DC2 #C26E49

analogous

#49C2AA #499DC2 #4961C2

triadic

#499DC2 #C2499D #9DC249

tetradic

#499DC2 #AA49C2 #C26E49 #61C249

square

#499DC2 #AA49C2 #C26E49 #61C249

split-complementary

#499DC2 #C24961 #C2AA49

monochromatic

#24566C #347B9A #499DC2 #77B6D1 #A5CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#499DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DC2

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DC2	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.098 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad4',
    500: '#499dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dc2;
$custom-light: #87bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.347,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65916,
    "c": 0.09771,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DC2

secondary

#CEA999

accent

#794ED9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DC2

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

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