#499EB9#499EB9

#499EB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.091 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EB9
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -17.53, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 27.87, 231.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0677 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.091 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7280, 29.3706, 50.3082)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EB9 #B96449

analogous

#49B99C #499EB9 #4966B9

triadic

#499EB9 #B9499E #9EB949

tetradic

#499EB9 #9C49B9 #B96449 #66B949

square

#499EB9 #9C49B9 #B96449 #66B949

split-complementary

#499EB9 #B94966 #B99C49

monochromatic

#265362 #37798E #499EB9 #75B6CA #A1CDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#499EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EB9

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EB9	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.091 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bace',
    500: '#499eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499eb9;
$custom-light: #86bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.464,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65766,
    "c": 0.09068,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EB9

secondary

#C8A296

accent

#7354D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EB9

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

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