#499DAC#499DAC

#499DAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.084 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DAC
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 172)
HSL	hsl(189, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -20.92, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 26.04, 216.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0718 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.084 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2480, 28.5068, 43.3516)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DAC #AC5849

analogous

#49AC89 #499DAC #496BAC

triadic

#499DAC #AC499D #9DAC49

tetradic

#499DAC #8949AC #AC5849 #6BAC49

square

#499DAC #8949AC #AC5849 #6BAC49

split-complementary

#499DAC #AC496B #AC8949

monochromatic

#254F56 #377681 #499DAC #70B6C2 #9BCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#499DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#499DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DAC

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DAC	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.084 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bac4',
    500: '#499dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dac;
$custom-light: #85bac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65001,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DAC

secondary

#C19790

accent

#6A58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DAC

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

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