#499EAF#499EAF

#499EAF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.085 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EAF
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 175)
HSL	hsl(190, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 9.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -20.56, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 26.41, 218.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0717 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.085 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7093, 28.9631, 44.9428)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EAF #AF5A49

analogous

#49AF8D #499EAF #496BAF

triadic

#499EAF #AF499E #9EAF49

tetradic

#499EAF #8D49AF #AF5A49 #6BAF49

square

#499EAF #8D49AF #AF5A49 #6BAF49

split-complementary

#499EAF #AF496B #AF8D49

monochromatic

#255059 #377784 #499EAF #71B6C4 #9CCCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#499EAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#499EAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EAF

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EAF	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.085 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc6',
    500: '#499eaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499eaf;
$custom-light: #85bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6536,
    "c": 0.08519,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EAF

secondary

#C29A91

accent

#6B57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EAF

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

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