#499EA9#499EA9

#499EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.083 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EA9
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, -22.32, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 26.09, 211.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0742 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.083 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1330, 28.7326, 41.9080)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EA9 #A95449

analogous

#49A984 #499EA9 #496EA9

triadic

#499EA9 #A9499E #9EA949

tetradic

#499EA9 #8449A9 #A95449 #6EA949

square

#499EA9 #8449A9 #A95449 #6EA949

split-complementary

#499EA9 #A9496E #A98449

monochromatic

#244E54 #37767E #499EA9 #6FB7C1 #99CCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#499EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#499EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EA9

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EA9	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.083 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc2',
    500: '#499ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ea9;
$custom-light: #85bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.875,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65129,
    "c": 0.0831,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EA9

secondary

#BF948E

accent

#6658D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EA9

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

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