#499EC4#499EC4

#499EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.099 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EC4
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 19.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -14.09, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 30.63, 242.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0636 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.099 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9344, 29.8532, 56.6620)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EC4 #C46F49

analogous

#49C4AD #499EC4 #4960C4

triadic

#499EC4 #C4499E #9EC449

tetradic

#499EC4 #AD49C4 #C46F49 #60C449

square

#499EC4 #AD49C4 #C46F49 #60C449

split-complementary

#499EC4 #C44960 #C4AD49

monochromatic

#24586F #337C9D #499EC4 #77B7D3 #A5CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#499EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#499EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EC4

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EC4	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.099 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad6',
    500: '#499ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ec4;
$custom-light: #88bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.537,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6624,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EC4

secondary

#CFAA9A

accent

#794DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EC4

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

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