#499FCC#499FCC

#499FCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.106 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FCC
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, -12.08, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 33.01, 248.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0618 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.106 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0406, 30.5697, 61.6432)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FCC #CC7649

analogous

#49CCB8 #499FCC #495ECC

triadic

#499FCC #CC499F #9FCC49

tetradic

#499FCC #B849CC #CC7649 #5ECC49

square

#499FCC #B849CC #CC7649 #5ECC49

split-complementary

#499FCC #CC495E #CCB849

monochromatic

#225B79 #2F7FA9 #499FCC #79B8D9 #A9D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#499FCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#499FCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #499FCC

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FCC	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.106 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbdb',
    500: '#499fcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fcc;
$custom-light: #89bbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.611,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66836,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FCC

secondary

#D4B09D

accent

#7C48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FCC

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

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