#499EBD#499EBD

#499EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.093 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EBD
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -16.29, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 28.75, 235.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0662 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.093 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1562, 29.5419, 52.5634)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EBD #BD6849

analogous

#49BDA2 #499EBD #4964BD

triadic

#499EBD #BD499E #9EBD49

tetradic

#499EBD #A249BD #BD6849 #64BD49

square

#499EBD #A249BD #BD6849 #64BD49

split-complementary

#499EBD #BD4964 #BDA249

monochromatic

#255566 #357A93 #499EBD #76B6CD #A3CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#499EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#499EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EBD

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EBD	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.093 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad1',
    500: '#499ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ebd;
$custom-light: #87bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65935,
    "c": 0.09349,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EBD

secondary

#CAA597

accent

#7551D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EBD

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

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