#499CA5#499CA5

#499CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.081 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CA5
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -22.45, -12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 25.63, 208.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0737 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.081 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4249, 27.9080, 39.8477)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CA5 #A55249

analogous

#49A580 #499CA5 #496EA5

triadic

#499CA5 #A5499C #9CA549

tetradic

#499CA5 #8049A5 #A55249 #6EA549

square

#499CA5 #8049A5 #A55249 #6EA549

split-complementary

#499CA5 #A5496E #A58049

monochromatic

#234C50 #36747B #499CA5 #6DB6BE #97CBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#499CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#499CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CA5

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CA5	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.081 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9bf',
    500: '#499ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ca5;
$custom-light: #84b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.87,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6449,
    "c": 0.0812,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CA5

secondary

#BD918D

accent

#6559CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CA5

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

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