#499CA2#499CA2

#499CA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.081 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CA2
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -23.31, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 25.70, 204.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0749 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.081 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1550, 27.8000, 38.4265)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CA2 #A24F49

analogous

#49A27B #499CA2 #496FA2

triadic

#499CA2 #A2499C #9CA249

tetradic

#499CA2 #7B49A2 #A24F49 #6FA249

square

#499CA2 #7B49A2 #A24F49 #6FA249

split-complementary

#499CA2 #A2496F #A27B49

monochromatic

#234B4E #367378 #499CA2 #6CB7BD #96CCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#499CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#499CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CA2

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CA2	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.081 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9bd',
    500: '#499ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ca2;
$custom-light: #84b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.045,
    "s": 37.872,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64379,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CA2

secondary

#BC8E8B

accent

#625ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CA2

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

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