#499ECB#499ECB

#499ECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.105 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ECB
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -11.85, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 32.89, 248.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0611 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.106 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7498, 30.1793, 60.9565)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ECB #CB7649

analogous

#49CBB7 #499ECB #495DCB

triadic

#499ECB #CB499E #9ECB49

tetradic

#499ECB #B749CB #CB7649 #5DCB49

square

#499ECB #B749CB #CB7649 #5DCB49

split-complementary

#499ECB #CB495D #CBB749

monochromatic

#225A77 #307EA7 #499ECB #79B7D9 #A8D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#499ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#499ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499ECB

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ECB	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.105 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89badb',
    500: '#499ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ecb;
$custom-light: #89badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66557,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ECB

secondary

#D4AF9C

accent

#7D49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ECB

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

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