#499A8D#499A8D

#499A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.082 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A8D
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -28.04, -0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 28.05, 181.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.082 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.082 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1089, 26.4490, 29.2923)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A8D #9A4956

analogous

#499A64 #499A8D #497F9A

triadic

#499A8D #8D499A #9A8D49

tetradic

#499A8D #64499A #9A4956 #7F9A49

square

#499A8D #64499A #9A4956 #7F9A49

split-complementary

#499A8D #9A497F #9A6449

monochromatic

#224741 #357067 #499A8D #69B8AB #92CBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#499A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#499A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A8D

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A8D	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.082 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8ae',
    500: '#499a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a8d;
$custom-light: #83b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.37,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63163,
    "c": 0.08208,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A8D

secondary

#B7888F

accent

#5C6ECC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A8D

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

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