#499FC5#499FC5

#499FC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.100 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FC5
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 197)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -14.32, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 30.78, 242.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.0643 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.1 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2199, 30.2414, 57.3206)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FC5 #C56F49

analogous

#49C5AD #499FC5 #4961C5

triadic

#499FC5 #C5499F #9FC549

tetradic

#499FC5 #AD49C5 #C56F49 #61C549

square

#499FC5 #AD49C5 #C56F49 #61C549

split-complementary

#499FC5 #C54961 #C5AD49

monochromatic

#245970 #327D9E #499FC5 #77B7D4 #A6D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#499FC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#499FC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499FC5

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FC5	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A90C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.100 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbd6',
    500: '#499fc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fc5;
$custom-light: #88bbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.387,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6652,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FC5

secondary

#D0AB9A

accent

#784DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FC5

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

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