#499CA4#499CA4

#499CA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.081 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CA4
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -22.74, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 25.64, 207.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0741 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.081 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3342, 27.8717, 39.3702)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CA4 #A45149

analogous

#49A47F #499CA4 #496FA4

triadic

#499CA4 #A4499C #9CA449

tetradic

#499CA4 #7F49A4 #A45149 #6FA449

square

#499CA4 #7F49A4 #A45149 #6FA449

split-complementary

#499CA4 #A4496F #A47F49

monochromatic

#234B4F #36747A #499CA4 #6CB7BE #97CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#499CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#499CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CA4

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CA4	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#9196A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.081 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9bf',
    500: '#499ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ca4;
$custom-light: #84b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.275,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64453,
    "c": 0.08099,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CA4

secondary

#BD908C

accent

#6459CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CA4

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

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