#499EA4#499EA4

#499EA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.082 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EA4
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -23.76, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 26.16, 204.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.0764 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.082 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6726, 28.5484, 39.4830)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EA4 #A44F49

analogous

#49A47D #499EA4 #4971A4

triadic

#499EA4 #A4499E #9EA449

tetradic

#499EA4 #7D49A4 #A44F49 #71A449

square

#499EA4 #7D49A4 #A44F49 #71A449

split-complementary

#499EA4 #A44971 #A47D49

monochromatic

#234C4F #36757A #499EA4 #6CB8BE #97CDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#499EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#499EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EA4

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EA4	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.082 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbf',
    500: '#499ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ea4;
$custom-light: #84bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.956,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64942,
    "c": 0.08212,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EA4

secondary

#BD8F8C

accent

#6159CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EA4

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

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