#499EA6#499EA6

#499EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.082 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EA6
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -23.19, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 26.09, 207.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0755 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.082 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8546, 28.6213, 40.4417)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EA6 #A65149

analogous

#49A680 #499EA6 #4970A6

triadic

#499EA6 #A6499E #9EA649

tetradic

#499EA6 #8049A6 #A65149 #70A649

square

#499EA6 #8049A6 #A65149 #70A649

split-complementary

#499EA6 #A64970 #A68049

monochromatic

#244D51 #36767B #499EA6 #6DB8BF #98CDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#499EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#499EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EA6

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EA6	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#9398A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.082 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc0',
    500: '#499ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ea6;
$custom-light: #85bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.161,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65016,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EA6

secondary

#BE918D

accent

#6359CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EA6

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

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