#499FAC#499FAC

#499FAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.084 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FAC
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 172)
HSL	hsl(188, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, -21.96, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 26.37, 213.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0741 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.084 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5892, 29.1891, 43.4653)
Luminance	0.2919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FAC #AC5649

analogous

#49AC87 #499FAC #496DAC

triadic

#499FAC #AC499F #9FAC49

tetradic

#499FAC #8749AC #AC5649 #6DAC49

square

#499FAC #8749AC #AC5649 #6DAC49

split-complementary

#499FAC #AC496D #AC8749

monochromatic

#255056 #377781 #499FAC #70B7C2 #9BCDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#499FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#499FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FAC

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FAC	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.084 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc4',
    500: '#499fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fac;
$custom-light: #85bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.879,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65486,
    "c": 0.08438,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FAC

secondary

#C19690

accent

#6758D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FAC

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

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