#499FB5#499FB5

#499FB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.088 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FB5
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 181)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -19.28, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 27.20, 224.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0704 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.088 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4829, 29.5466, 48.1726)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FB5 #B55F49

analogous

#49B595 #499FB5 #4969B5

triadic

#499FB5 #B5499F #9FB549

tetradic

#499FB5 #9549B5 #B55F49 #69B549

square

#499FB5 #9549B5 #B55F49 #69B549

split-complementary

#499FB5 #B54969 #B59549

monochromatic

#26525E #377989 #499FB5 #74B6C7 #A0CDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#499FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#499FB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FB5

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FB5	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.088 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbcb',
    500: '#499fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fb5;
$custom-light: #86bbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.222,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65841,
    "c": 0.08829,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FB5

secondary

#C59E94

accent

#6F55D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FB5

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

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