#499EA5#499EA5

#499EA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.082 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EA5
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -23.48, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 26.12, 205.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0759 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.082 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7633, 28.5847, 39.9605)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EA5 #A55049

analogous

#49A57E #499EA5 #4970A5

triadic

#499EA5 #A5499E #9EA549

tetradic

#499EA5 #7E49A5 #A55049 #70A549

square

#499EA5 #7E49A5 #A55049 #70A549

split-complementary

#499EA5 #A54970 #A57E49

monochromatic

#234D50 #36757B #499EA5 #6DB8BE #97CDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#499EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#499EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EA5

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EA5	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.082 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbbf',
    500: '#499ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ea5;
$custom-light: #85bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.565,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64979,
    "c": 0.08225,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EA5

secondary

#BD908D

accent

#6259CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EA5

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

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