#499BAA#499BAA

#499BAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.082 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499BAA
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 170)
HSL	hsl(189, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -20.47, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 25.61, 216.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0704 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.082 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7218, 27.7594, 42.2358)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499BAA #AA5849

analogous

#49AA88 #499BAA #496BAA

triadic

#499BAA #AA499B #9BAA49

tetradic

#499BAA #8849AA #AA5849 #6BAA49

square

#499BAA #8849AA #AA5849 #6BAA49

split-complementary

#499BAA #AA496B #AA8849

monochromatic

#244D54 #37747F #499BAA #6FB4C1 #9ACBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#499BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#499BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499BAA

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499BAA	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.082 211.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.278,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64438,
    "c": 0.08232,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499BAA

secondary

#C0968F

accent

#6B58D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499BAA

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

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