#499FBB#499FBB

#499FBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.092 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FBB
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -17.44, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 28.26, 231.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.068 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.092 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1119, 29.7982, 51.4850)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FBB #BB6549

analogous

#49BB9E #499FBB #4966BB

triadic

#499FBB #BB499F #9FBB49

tetradic

#499FBB #9E49BB #BB6549 #66BB49

square

#499FBB #9E49BB #BB6549 #66BB49

split-complementary

#499FBB #BB4966 #BB9E49

monochromatic

#255564 #367A91 #499FBB #76B6CC #A2CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#499FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#499FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FBB

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FBB	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.092 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbcf',
    500: '#499fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fbb;
$custom-light: #87bbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.737,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66088,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FBB

secondary

#C9A397

accent

#7353D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FBB

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

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