#499EB4#499EB4

#499EB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.088 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EB4
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -19.05, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 27.01, 225.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.0697 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.088 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2094, 29.1632, 47.5771)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EB4 #B45F49

analogous

#49B494 #499EB4 #4969B4

triadic

#499EB4 #B4499E #9EB449

tetradic

#499EB4 #9449B4 #B45F49 #69B449

square

#499EB4 #9449B4 #B45F49 #69B449

split-complementary

#499EB4 #B44969 #B49449

monochromatic

#26525D #377888 #499EB4 #74B5C7 #9FCCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#499EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#499EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EB4

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EB4	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.088 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baca',
    500: '#499eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499eb4;
$custom-light: #86baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.336,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6556,
    "c": 0.08765,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EB4

secondary

#C59E94

accent

#6F56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EB4

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

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