#499FB3#499FB3

#499FB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.087 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FB3
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 179)
HSL	hsl(191, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -19.88, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 26.93, 222.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0712 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.087 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2792, 29.4651, 47.0996)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FB3 #B35D49

analogous

#49B392 #499FB3 #496AB3

triadic

#499FB3 #B3499F #9FB349

tetradic

#499FB3 #9249B3 #B35D49 #6AB349

square

#499FB3 #9249B3 #B35D49 #6AB349

split-complementary

#499FB3 #B3496A #B39249

monochromatic

#26525C #377888 #499FB3 #73B6C6 #9FCDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#499FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#499FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FB3

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FB3	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)

#919AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.087 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbc9',
    500: '#499fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fb3;
$custom-light: #86bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.321,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6576,
    "c": 0.08725,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FB3

secondary

#C49D93

accent

#6D56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FB3

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

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