#499EBC#499EBC

#499EBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.093 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EBC
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, -16.60, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 28.52, 234.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0666 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.093 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0480, 29.4986, 51.9937)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EBC #BC6749

analogous

#49BCA0 #499EBC #4964BC

triadic

#499EBC #BC499E #9EBC49

tetradic

#499EBC #A049BC #BC6749 #64BC49

square

#499EBC #A049BC #BC6749 #64BC49

split-complementary

#499EBC #BC4964 #BCA049

monochromatic

#255565 #367A92 #499EBC #76B6CC #A2CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#499EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#499EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EBC

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EBC	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.093 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad0',
    500: '#499ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ebc;
$custom-light: #87bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65893,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EBC

secondary

#CAA497

accent

#7452D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EBC

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

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