#499DAD#499DAD

#499DAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.084 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499DAD
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(190, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -20.63, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 26.12, 217.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.0714 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.084 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3444, 28.5454, 43.8593)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499DAD #AD5949

analogous

#49AD8B #499DAD #496BAD

triadic

#499DAD #AD499D #9DAD49

tetradic

#499DAD #8B49AD #AD5949 #6BAD49

square

#499DAD #8B49AD #AD5949 #6BAD49

split-complementary

#499DAD #AD496B #AD8B49

monochromatic

#254F57 #377682 #499DAD #70B6C3 #9BCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#499DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#499DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499DAD

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499DAD	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.084 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bac5',
    500: '#499dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499dad;
$custom-light: #85bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6504,
    "c": 0.0841,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499DAD

secondary

#C19890

accent

#6B57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499DAD

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

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