#499FBA#499FBA

#499FBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.091 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FBA
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 186)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, -17.75, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 28.05, 230.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0684 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.091 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0052, 29.7555, 50.9232)
Luminance	0.2976 (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

#499FBA #BA6449

analogous

#49BA9C #499FBA #4966BA

triadic

#499FBA #BA499F #9FBA49

tetradic

#499FBA #9C49BA #BA6449 #66BA49

square

#499FBA #9C49BA #BA6449 #66BA49

split-complementary

#499FBA #BA4966 #BA9C49

monochromatic

#265463 #367A8F #499FBA #75B6CB #A2CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#499FBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#499FBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FBA

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FBA	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.091 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbce',
    500: '#499fba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fba;
$custom-light: #87bbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.336,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66047,
    "c": 0.0913,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FBA

secondary

#C8A296

accent

#7253D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FBA

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

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