#499A8A#499A8A

#499A8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.083 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A8A
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -28.81, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 28.83, 178.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0834 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.083 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8887, 26.3610, 28.1326)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A8A #9A4959

analogous

#499A62 #499A8A #49829A

triadic

#499A8A #8A499A #9A8A49

tetradic

#499A8A #62499A #9A4959 #829A49

square

#499A8A #62499A #9A4959 #829A49

split-complementary

#499A8A #9A4982 #9A6249

monochromatic

#224740 #357065 #499A8A #69B8A8 #92CBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#499A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#499A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A8A

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A8A	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.083 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8ac',
    500: '#499a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a8a;
$custom-light: #82b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.148,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63068,
    "c": 0.08346,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A8A

secondary

#B78891

accent

#5C72CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A8A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →