#499FB6#499FB6

#499FB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.089 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FB6
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 182)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -18.98, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 27.35, 226.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.07 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.089 218)
XYZ	xyz(23.5859, 29.5878, 48.7149)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FB6 #B66049

analogous

#49B697 #499FB6 #4968B6

triadic

#499FB6 #B6499F #9FB649

tetradic

#499FB6 #9749B6 #B66049 #68B649

square

#499FB6 #9749B6 #B66049 #68B649

split-complementary

#499FB6 #B64968 #B69749

monochromatic

#26535F #37798A #499FB6 #75B6C8 #A0CDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#499FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#499FB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FB6

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FB6	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.089 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbcc',
    500: '#499fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fb6;
$custom-light: #86bbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.661,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65882,
    "c": 0.08885,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.2959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FB6

secondary

#C69F95

accent

#7055D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FB6

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

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