#499BA6#499BA6

#499BA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.081 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BA6
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 166)
HSL	hsl(187, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -21.64, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 25.42, 211.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0721 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.081 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3491, 27.6103, 40.2732)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BA6 #A65449

analogous

#49A683 #499BA6 #496DA6

triadic

#499BA6 #A6499B #9BA649

tetradic

#499BA6 #8349A6 #A65449 #6DA649

square

#499BA6 #8349A6 #A65449 #6DA649

split-complementary

#499BA6 #A6496D #A68349

monochromatic

#244C51 #36737B #499BA6 #6DB5BF #98CBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#499BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#499BA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BA6

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BA6	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.081 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8c0',
    500: '#499ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ba6;
$custom-light: #84b8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.097,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64284,
    "c": 0.08098,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BA6

secondary

#BE938D

accent

#6759CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BA6

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

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