#499BA2#499BA2

#499BA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.080 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BA2
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 162)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -22.80, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 25.43, 206.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0738 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.08 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9879, 27.4658, 38.3708)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BA2 #A25049

analogous

#49A27C #499BA2 #496EA2

triadic

#499BA2 #A2499B #9BA249

tetradic

#499BA2 #7C49A2 #A25049 #6EA249

square

#499BA2 #7C49A2 #A25049 #6EA249

split-complementary

#499BA2 #A2496E #A27C49

monochromatic

#234A4E #367378 #499BA2 #6CB6BD #96CBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#499BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#499BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BA2

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BA2	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9195A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.080 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8bd',
    500: '#499ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ba2;
$custom-light: #84b8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.719,
    "s": 37.872,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64134,
    "c": 0.0801,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BA2

secondary

#BC8F8B

accent

#635ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BA2

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

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