#499FB0#499FB0

#499FB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.086 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499FB0
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 176)
HSL	hsl(190, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 9.7%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -20.78, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 26.62, 218.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0724 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.086 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9791, 29.3451, 45.5190)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499FB0 #B05A49

analogous

#49B08E #499FB0 #496CB0

triadic

#499FB0 #B0499F #9FB049

tetradic

#499FB0 #8E49B0 #B05A49 #6CB049

square

#499FB0 #8E49B0 #B05A49 #6CB049

split-complementary

#499FB0 #B0496C #B08E49

monochromatic

#255159 #377885 #499FB0 #72B7C4 #9DCDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#499FB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#499FB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499FB0

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499FB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499FB0	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499fb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.086 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbc7',
    500: '#499fb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499fb0;
$custom-light: #86bbc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499fb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.903,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65641,
    "c": 0.08586,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499FB0

secondary

#C39A92

accent

#6B57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #499FB0

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

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