#499AA6#499AA6

#499AA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.081 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AA6
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 166)
HSL	hsl(188, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -21.13, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 25.23, 213.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.071 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.081 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1834, 27.2788, 40.2180)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AA6 #A65549

analogous

#49A684 #499AA6 #496CA6

triadic

#499AA6 #A6499A #9AA649

tetradic

#499AA6 #8449A6 #A65549 #6CA649

square

#499AA6 #8449A6 #A65549 #6CA649

split-complementary

#499AA6 #A6496C #A68449

monochromatic

#244B51 #36737B #499AA6 #6DB4BF #98CAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#499AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#499AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AA6

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AA6	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.081 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8c0',
    500: '#499aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499aa6;
$custom-light: #84b8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6404,
    "c": 0.08056,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AA6

secondary

#BE938D

accent

#6859CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AA6

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

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