#499ECC#499ECC

#499ECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.106 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499ECC
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 22.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -11.53, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 33.24, 249.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0607 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.106 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8694, 30.2272, 61.5861)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499ECC #CC7749

analogous

#49CCB9 #499ECC #495DCC

triadic

#499ECC #CC499E #9ECC49

tetradic

#499ECC #B949CC #CC7749 #5DCC49

square

#499ECC #B949CC #CC7749 #5DCC49

split-complementary

#499ECC #CC495D #CCB949

monochromatic

#225A79 #2F7EA9 #499ECC #79B7D9 #A9D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#499ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#499ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499ECC

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499ECC	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.106 235.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.069,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66604,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499ECC

secondary

#D4B09D

accent

#7D48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499ECC

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

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