#499EA3#499EA3

#499EA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.082 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EA3
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, -24.05, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 26.21, 203.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.0768 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.082 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5826, 28.5125, 39.0093)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EA3 #A34E49

analogous

#49A37B #499EA3 #4971A3

triadic

#499EA3 #A3499E #9EA349

tetradic

#499EA3 #7B49A3 #A34E49 #71A349

square

#499EA3 #7B49A3 #A34E49 #71A349

split-complementary

#499EA3 #A34971 #A37B49

monochromatic

#234C4E #367579 #499EA3 #6CB9BD #96CDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#499EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#499EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EA3

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EA3	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#9498A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.082 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbe',
    500: '#499ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ea3;
$custom-light: #84bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64906,
    "c": 0.082,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EA3

secondary

#BC8E8C

accent

#605ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EA3

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

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