#499FA3#499FA3

#499FA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.083 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FA3
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 163)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -24.56, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 26.50, 202.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0779 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.083 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7539, 28.8550, 39.0664)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FA3 #A34D49

analogous

#49A37A #499FA3 #4972A3

triadic

#499FA3 #A3499F #9FA349

tetradic

#499FA3 #7A49A3 #A34D49 #72A349

square

#499FA3 #7A49A3 #A34D49 #72A349

split-complementary

#499FA3 #A34972 #A37A49

monochromatic

#234D4E #367679 #499FA3 #6CBABD #96CED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#499FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FA3

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FA3	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9599A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.083 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbe',
    500: '#499fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fa3;
$custom-light: #84bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.667,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65151,
    "c": 0.08265,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FA3

secondary

#BC8E8C

accent

#5F5ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FA3

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

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