#499DC6#499DC6

#499DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.101 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DC6
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -12.91, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 31.43, 245.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0618 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.101 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9937, 29.6051, 57.8123)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DC6 #C67249

analogous

#49C6B0 #499DC6 #495EC6

triadic

#499DC6 #C6499D #9DC649

tetradic

#499DC6 #B049C6 #C67249 #5EC649

square

#499DC6 #B049C6 #C67249 #5EC649

split-complementary

#499DC6 #C6495E #C6B049

monochromatic

#235871 #327CA0 #499DC6 #78B6D5 #A6CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#499DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#499DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DC6

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DC6	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.101 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad7',
    500: '#499dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dc6;
$custom-light: #88bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.68,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66095,
    "c": 0.10125,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DC6

secondary

#D0AC9A

accent

#7B4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DC6

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

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