#499FAF#499FAF

#499FAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.085 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FAF
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 175)
HSL	hsl(189, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -21.08, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 26.54, 217.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0728 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.085 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8805, 29.3056, 44.9999)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FAF #AF5949

analogous

#49AF8C #499FAF #496CAF

triadic

#499FAF #AF499F #9FAF49

tetradic

#499FAF #8C49AF #AF5949 #6CAF49

square

#499FAF #8C49AF #AF5949 #6CAF49

split-complementary

#499FAF #AF496C #AF8C49

monochromatic

#255159 #377884 #499FAF #71B7C4 #9CCDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#499FAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#499FAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FAF

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FAF	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499faf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.085 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc6',
    500: '#499faf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499faf;
$custom-light: #85bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499faf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.412,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65602,
    "c": 0.08545,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FAF

secondary

#C29991

accent

#6A57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FAF

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

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