#499EB2#499EB2

#499EB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.087 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EB2
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 178)
HSL	hsl(191, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 11.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -19.66, -18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 26.73, 222.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0705 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.087 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0072, 29.0823, 46.5118)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EB2 #B25D49

analogous

#49B292 #499EB2 #4969B2

triadic

#499EB2 #B2499E #9EB249

tetradic

#499EB2 #9249B2 #B25D49 #69B249

square

#499EB2 #9249B2 #B25D49 #69B249

split-complementary

#499EB2 #B24969 #B29249

monochromatic

#25515B #377787 #499EB2 #73B6C5 #9ECCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#499EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#499EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EB2

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EB2	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9099B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.087 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac9',
    500: '#499eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499eb2;
$custom-light: #86bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65479,
    "c": 0.08659,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EB2

secondary

#C49C93

accent

#6E56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EB2

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

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