#499FC4#499FC4

#499FC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.099 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FC4
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -14.63, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 30.49, 241.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0647 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.099 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1057, 30.1957, 56.7191)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FC4 #C46E49

analogous

#49C4AC #499FC4 #4961C4

triadic

#499FC4 #C4499F #9FC449

tetradic

#499FC4 #AC49C4 #C46E49 #61C449

square

#499FC4 #AC49C4 #C46E49 #61C449

split-complementary

#499FC4 #C44961 #C4AC49

monochromatic

#24586F #337D9D #499FC4 #77B7D3 #A5D0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#499FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#499FC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499FC4

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FC4	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B90C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.099 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbd6',
    500: '#499fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fc4;
$custom-light: #88bbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.049,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66476,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FC4

secondary

#CFAA9A

accent

#784DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FC4

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

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