#499EB3#499EB3

#499EB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.087 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EB3
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, -19.36, -18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 26.86, 223.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0701 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.087 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1079, 29.1226, 47.0425)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EB3 #B35E49

analogous

#49B393 #499EB3 #4969B3

triadic

#499EB3 #B3499E #9EB349

tetradic

#499EB3 #9349B3 #B35E49 #69B349

square

#499EB3 #9349B3 #B35E49 #69B349

split-complementary

#499EB3 #B34969 #B39349

monochromatic

#26515C #377888 #499EB3 #73B6C6 #9FCCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#499EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#499EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EB3

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EB3	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)

#909AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.087 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac9',
    500: '#499eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499eb3;
$custom-light: #86bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.887,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6552,
    "c": 0.0871,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EB3

secondary

#C49D93

accent

#6E56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EB3

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

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