#499AA2#499AA2

#499AA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.080 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AA2
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 162)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -22.28, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 25.18, 207.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0727 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.08 204)
XYZ	xyz(20.8222, 27.1343, 38.3156)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AA2 #A25149

analogous

#49A27D #499AA2 #496DA2

triadic

#499AA2 #A2499A #9AA249

tetradic

#499AA2 #7D49A2 #A25149 #6DA249

square

#499AA2 #7D49A2 #A25149 #6DA249

split-complementary

#499AA2 #A2496D #A27D49

monochromatic

#234A4E #367278 #499AA2 #6CB5BD #96CAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#499AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#499AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AA2

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AA2	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F94A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.080 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8bd',
    500: '#499aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499aa2;
$custom-light: #84b8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.393,
    "s": 37.872,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63889,
    "c": 0.07955,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.27136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AA2

secondary

#BC8F8B

accent

#645ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AA2

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

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