#499EC0#499EC0

#499EC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.096 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EC0
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -15.35, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 29.51, 238.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0651 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.096 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4852, 29.6735, 54.2961)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EC0 #C06B49

analogous

#49C0A7 #499EC0 #4963C0

triadic

#499EC0 #C0499E #9EC049

tetradic

#499EC0 #A749C0 #C06B49 #63C049

square

#499EC0 #A749C0 #C06B49 #63C049

split-complementary

#499EC0 #C04963 #C0A749

monochromatic

#25566A #347B97 #499EC0 #76B6D0 #A4CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#499EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#499EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EC0

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EC0	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.096 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad3',
    500: '#499ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ec0;
$custom-light: #87bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66065,
    "c": 0.09581,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EC0

secondary

#CCA798

accent

#7750D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EC0

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

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