#499AA3#499AA3

#499AA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.080 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AA3
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 163)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -22.00, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 25.17, 209.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0722 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.08 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9114, 27.1700, 38.7856)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AA3 #A35249

analogous

#49A37F #499AA3 #496DA3

triadic

#499AA3 #A3499A #9AA349

tetradic

#499AA3 #7F49A3 #A35249 #6DA349

square

#499AA3 #7F49A3 #A35249 #6DA349

split-complementary

#499AA3 #A3496D #A37F49

monochromatic

#234A4E #367279 #499AA3 #6CB5BD #96CAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#499AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#499AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AA3

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AA3	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#8F94A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.080 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8be',
    500: '#499aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499aa3;
$custom-light: #84b8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63926,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AA3

secondary

#BC908C

accent

#655ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AA3

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

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