#499FB2#499FB2

#499FB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.087 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FB2
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 178)
HSL	hsl(191, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 10.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -20.18, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 26.82, 221.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0716 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.087 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1784, 29.4248, 46.5689)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FB2 #B25C49

analogous

#49B291 #499FB2 #496BB2

triadic

#499FB2 #B2499F #9FB249

tetradic

#499FB2 #9149B2 #B25C49 #6BB249

square

#499FB2 #9149B2 #B25C49 #6BB249

split-complementary

#499FB2 #B2496B #B29149

monochromatic

#25515B #377887 #499FB2 #73B7C5 #9ECDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499FB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#499FB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FB2

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FB2	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.087 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbc9',
    500: '#499fb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fb2;
$custom-light: #86bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.857,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6572,
    "c": 0.08676,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FB2

secondary

#C49C93

accent

#6D56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FB2

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

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