#499EB5#499EB5

#499EB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.088 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EB5
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 181)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -18.75, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 27.16, 226.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0693 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.088 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3117, 29.2041, 48.1155)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EB5 #B56049

analogous

#49B596 #499EB5 #4968B5

triadic

#499EB5 #B5499E #9EB549

tetradic

#499EB5 #9649B5 #B56049 #68B549

square

#499EB5 #9649B5 #B56049 #68B549

split-complementary

#499EB5 #B54968 #B59649

monochromatic

#26525E #377889 #499EB5 #74B5C7 #A0CDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#499EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#499EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EB5

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EB5	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.088 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacb',
    500: '#499eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499eb5;
$custom-light: #86bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.778,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65601,
    "c": 0.08821,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EB5

secondary

#C59F94

accent

#7055D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EB5

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

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