#499FBD#499FBD

#499FBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.093 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FBD
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -16.83, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 28.69, 234.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0673 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.093 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3275, 29.8844, 52.6204)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FBD #BD6749

analogous

#49BDA1 #499FBD #4965BD

triadic

#499FBD #BD499F #9FBD49

tetradic

#499FBD #A149BD #BD6749 #65BD49

square

#499FBD #A149BD #BD6749 #65BD49

split-complementary

#499FBD #BD4965 #BDA149

monochromatic

#255666 #357B93 #499FBD #76B7CD #A3CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#499FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#499FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FBD

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FBD	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.093 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbd1',
    500: '#499fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fbd;
$custom-light: #87bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66173,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FBD

secondary

#CAA597

accent

#7451D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FBD

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

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