#499CA6#499CA6

#499CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.081 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CA6
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -22.16, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 25.63, 210.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0732 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.081 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5163, 27.9445, 40.3289)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CA6 #A65349

analogous

#49A682 #499CA6 #496EA6

triadic

#499CA6 #A6499C #9CA649

tetradic

#499CA6 #8249A6 #A65349 #6EA649

square

#499CA6 #8249A6 #A65349 #6EA649

split-complementary

#499CA6 #A6496E #A68249

monochromatic

#244C51 #36747B #499CA6 #6DB6BF #98CBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#499CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#499CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CA6

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CA6	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.081 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9c0',
    500: '#499ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ca6;
$custom-light: #84b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.452,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64528,
    "c": 0.08143,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CA6

secondary

#BE928D

accent

#6659CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CA6

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

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