#499DC4#499DC4

#499DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.099 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DC4
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -13.55, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 30.80, 243.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.0625 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.099 231)
XYZ	xyz(24.7646, 29.5134, 56.6054)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DC4 #C47049

analogous

#49C4AD #499DC4 #4960C4

triadic

#499DC4 #C4499D #9DC449

tetradic

#499DC4 #AD49C4 #C47049 #60C449

square

#499DC4 #AD49C4 #C47049 #60C449

split-complementary

#499DC4 #C44960 #C4AD49

monochromatic

#24576F #337B9D #499DC4 #77B6D3 #A5CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#499DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#499DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DC4

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DC4	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.099 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad6',
    500: '#499dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dc4;
$custom-light: #88bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.024,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66005,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.29516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DC4

secondary

#CFAB9A

accent

#7A4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DC4

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

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