#499FBE#499FBE

#499FBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.094 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FBE
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -16.52, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 28.92, 235.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0669 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.094 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4364, 29.9280, 53.1941)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#499FBE #BE6849

analogous

#49BEA2 #499FBE #4965BE

triadic

#499FBE #BE499F #9FBE49

tetradic

#499FBE #A249BE #BE6849 #65BE49

square

#499FBE #A249BE #BE6849 #65BE49

split-complementary

#499FBE #BE4965 #BEA249

monochromatic

#255668 #357B95 #499FBE #76B7CE #A3CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#499FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#499FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FBE

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FBE	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.094 224.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.897,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66215,
    "c": 0.09409,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FBE

secondary

#CBA598

accent

#7451D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FBE

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

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