#499EC6#499EC6

#499EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.101 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EC6
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -13.45, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 31.24, 244.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0629 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.101 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1636, 29.9448, 57.8689)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EC6 #C67149

analogous

#49C6AF #499EC6 #495FC6

triadic

#499EC6 #C6499E #9EC649

tetradic

#499EC6 #AF49C6 #C67149 #5FC649

square

#499EC6 #AF49C6 #C67149 #5FC649

split-complementary

#499EC6 #C6495F #C6AF49

monochromatic

#235871 #327DA0 #499EC6 #78B7D5 #A6D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#499EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#499EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EC6

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EC6	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.101 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad7',
    500: '#499ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ec6;
$custom-light: #88bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6633,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EC6

secondary

#D0AC9A

accent

#7A4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EC6

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

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