#499AA0#499AA0

#499AA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.079 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AA0
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 160)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -22.86, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 25.23, 205.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0735 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.079 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6458, 27.0638, 37.3867)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AA0 #A04F49

analogous

#49A07A #499AA0 #496EA0

triadic

#499AA0 #A0499A #9AA049

tetradic

#499AA0 #7A49A0 #A04F49 #6EA049

square

#499AA0 #7A49A0 #A04F49 #6EA049

split-complementary

#499AA0 #A0496E #A07A49

monochromatic

#23494C #367276 #499AA0 #6BB6BB #95CBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#499AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#499AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AA0

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AA0	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9094A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.079 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8bc',
    500: '#499aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499aa0;
$custom-light: #84b8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 37.339,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63815,
    "c": 0.07922,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AA0

secondary

#BB8E8A

accent

#625ACD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AA0

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

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