#499FC8#499FC8

#499FC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.102 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FC8
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -13.36, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 31.69, 245.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0632 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.102 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5671, 30.3803, 59.1490)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FC8 #C87249

analogous

#49C8B1 #499FC8 #495FC8

triadic

#499FC8 #C8499F #9FC849

tetradic

#499FC8 #B149C8 #C87249 #5FC849

square

#499FC8 #B149C8 #C87249 #5FC849

split-complementary

#499FC8 #C8495F #C8B149

monochromatic

#235A74 #317EA3 #499FC8 #78B8D6 #A7D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#499FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#499FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499FC8

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FC8	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.102 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbd8',
    500: '#499fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fc8;
$custom-light: #88bbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.37,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66654,
    "c": 0.1023,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FC8

secondary

#D2AD9B

accent

#7A4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FC8

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

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