#499AAA#499AAA

#499AAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.082 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AAA
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(190, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -19.95, -15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 25.48, 218.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0693 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.082 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5560, 27.4279, 42.1805)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AAA #AA5949

analogous

#49AA8A #499AAA #4969AA

triadic

#499AAA #AA499A #9AAA49

tetradic

#499AAA #8A49AA #AA5949 #69AA49

square

#499AAA #8A49AA #AA5949 #69AA49

split-complementary

#499AAA #AA4969 #AA8A49

monochromatic

#244C54 #37737F #499AAA #6FB4C1 #9ACAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#499AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#499AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AAA

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AAA	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.082 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c3',
    500: '#499aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499aaa;
$custom-light: #85b8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.897,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64195,
    "c": 0.08203,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AAA

secondary

#C0978F

accent

#6C58D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AAA

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

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