#499EB7#499EB7

#499EB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.089 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EB7
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 183)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -18.14, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 27.49, 228.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0685 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.089 220)
XYZ	xyz(23.5184, 29.2868, 49.2041)
Luminance	0.2929 (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

#499EB7 #B76249

analogous

#49B799 #499EB7 #4967B7

triadic

#499EB7 #B7499E #9EB749

tetradic

#499EB7 #9949B7 #B76249 #67B749

square

#499EB7 #9949B7 #B76249 #67B749

split-complementary

#499EB7 #B74967 #B79949

monochromatic

#265360 #37788C #499EB7 #75B5C8 #A1CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#499EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#499EB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EB7

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EB7	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.089 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacc',
    500: '#499eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499eb7;
$custom-light: #86bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65683,
    "c": 0.0894,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.29289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EB7

secondary

#C6A095

accent

#7155D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EB7

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

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