#499CA9#499CA9

#499CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.082 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CA9
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(188, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -21.29, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 25.71, 214.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.072 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.082 209)
XYZ	xyz(21.7947, 28.0559, 41.7952)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CA9 #A95649

analogous

#49A986 #499CA9 #496CA9

triadic

#499CA9 #A9499C #9CA949

tetradic

#499CA9 #8649A9 #A95649 #6CA949

square

#499CA9 #8649A9 #A95649 #6CA949

split-complementary

#499CA9 #A9496C #A98649

monochromatic

#244D54 #37757E #499CA9 #6FB6C1 #99CBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#499CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#499CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CA9

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CA9	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.082 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9c2',
    500: '#499ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ca9;
$custom-light: #85b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.125,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64642,
    "c": 0.08229,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.28058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CA9

secondary

#BF958E

accent

#6858D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CA9

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

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