#499CA0#499CA0

#499CA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.080 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CA0
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(183, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -23.88, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 25.80, 202.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0758 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.08 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9787, 27.7295, 37.4977)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CA0 #A04D49

analogous

#49A078 #499CA0 #4970A0

triadic

#499CA0 #A0499C #9CA049

tetradic

#499CA0 #7849A0 #A04D49 #70A049

square

#499CA0 #7849A0 #A04D49 #70A049

split-complementary

#499CA0 #A04970 #A07849

monochromatic

#234A4C #367376 #499CA0 #6BB8BB #95CCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#499CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#499CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CA0

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CA0	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)

#9296A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.080 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9bc',
    500: '#499ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ca0;
$custom-light: #84b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.759,
    "s": 37.339,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64306,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CA0

secondary

#BB8C8A

accent

#605ACD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CA0

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

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