#499EA2#499EA2

#499EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.082 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EA2
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -24.33, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 26.27, 202.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0772 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.082 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4934, 28.4768, 38.5393)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EA2 #A24D49

analogous

#49A279 #499EA2 #4971A2

triadic

#499EA2 #A2499E #9EA249

tetradic

#499EA2 #7949A2 #A24D49 #71A249

square

#499EA2 #7949A2 #A24D49 #71A249

split-complementary

#499EA2 #A24971 #A27949

monochromatic

#234C4E #367578 #499EA2 #6CB9BD #96CDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#499EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EA2

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EA2	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.082 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbd',
    500: '#499ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ea2;
$custom-light: #84bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.697,
    "s": 37.872,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6487,
    "c": 0.08193,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EA2

secondary

#BC8D8B

accent

#5F5ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EA2

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

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