#499EBA#499EBA

#499EBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.091 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EBA
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -17.22, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 28.08, 232.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0673 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.091 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8339, 29.4130, 50.8661)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EBA #BA6549

analogous

#49BA9D #499EBA #4965BA

triadic

#499EBA #BA499E #9EBA49

tetradic

#499EBA #9D49BA #BA6549 #65BA49

square

#499EBA #9D49BA #BA6549 #65BA49

split-complementary

#499EBA #BA4965 #BA9D49

monochromatic

#265463 #36798F #499EBA #75B6CB #A2CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#499EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EBA

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EBA	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.091 222.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.867,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65808,
    "c": 0.09136,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EBA

secondary

#C8A396

accent

#7353D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EBA

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

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