#499CA3#499CA3

#499CA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.081 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CA3
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -23.03, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 25.66, 206.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0745 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.081 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2443, 27.8357, 38.8965)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CA3 #A35049

analogous

#49A37D #499CA3 #496FA3

triadic

#499CA3 #A3499C #9CA349

tetradic

#499CA3 #7D49A3 #A35049 #6FA349

square

#499CA3 #7D49A3 #A35049 #6FA349

split-complementary

#499CA3 #A3496F #A37D49

monochromatic

#234B4E #367479 #499CA3 #6CB7BD #96CCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#499CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#499CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CA3

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CA3	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.081 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9be',
    500: '#499ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ca3;
$custom-light: #84b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.667,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64416,
    "c": 0.08082,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CA3

secondary

#BC8F8C

accent

#635ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CA3

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

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