#499EA7#499EA7

#499EA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.083 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EA7
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 167)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -22.90, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 26.08, 208.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0751 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.083 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9467, 28.6581, 40.9267)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EA7 #A75249

analogous

#49A781 #499EA7 #496FA7

triadic

#499EA7 #A7499E #9EA749

tetradic

#499EA7 #8149A7 #A75249 #6FA749

square

#499EA7 #8149A7 #A75249 #6FA749

split-complementary

#499EA7 #A7496F #A78149

monochromatic

#244D52 #36767C #499EA7 #6EB8BF #98CDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#499EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#499EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EA7

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EA7	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.083 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc1',
    500: '#499ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ea7;
$custom-light: #85bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.745,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65053,
    "c": 0.08261,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EA7

secondary

#BE928D

accent

#6459CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EA7

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

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