#499CAA#499CAA

#499CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.083 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499CAA
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(189, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -20.99, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 25.76, 215.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0716 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.083 210)
XYZ	xyz(21.8889, 28.0936, 42.2915)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499CAA #AA5749

analogous

#49AA88 #499CAA #496BAA

triadic

#499CAA #AA499C #9CAA49

tetradic

#499CAA #8849AA #AA5749 #6BAA49

square

#499CAA #8849AA #AA5749 #6BAA49

split-complementary

#499CAA #AA496B #AA8849

monochromatic

#244D54 #37757F #499CAA #6FB5C1 #9ACBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#499CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#499CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499CAA

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499CAA	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.083 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9c3',
    500: '#499caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499caa;
$custom-light: #85b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.66,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6468,
    "c": 0.08264,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.28096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499CAA

secondary

#C0968F

accent

#6958D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499CAA

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

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