#499DC3#499DC3

#499DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.099 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DC3
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -13.86, -27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 30.49, 242.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0629 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.099 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6511, 29.4680, 56.0080)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DC3 #C36F49

analogous

#49C3AC #499DC3 #4960C3

triadic

#499DC3 #C3499D #9DC349

tetradic

#499DC3 #AC49C3 #C36F49 #60C349

square

#499DC3 #AC49C3 #C36F49 #60C349

split-complementary

#499DC3 #C34960 #C3AC49

monochromatic

#24576E #337B9C #499DC3 #77B6D2 #A5CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#499DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DC3

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DC3	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)

#8A9BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.099 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad5',
    500: '#499dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dc3;
$custom-light: #87bad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65961,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DC3

secondary

#CEAA99

accent

#7A4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DC3

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

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