#499EA0#499EA0

#499EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.082 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EA0
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -24.90, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 26.42, 199.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0781 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.082 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3170, 28.4062, 37.6104)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EA0 #A04B49

analogous

#49A076 #499EA0 #4972A0

triadic

#499EA0 #A0499E #9EA049

tetradic

#499EA0 #7649A0 #A04B49 #72A049

square

#499EA0 #7649A0 #A04B49 #72A049

split-complementary

#499EA0 #A04972 #A07649

monochromatic

#234B4C #367476 #499EA0 #6BBABB #95CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#499EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EA0

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EA0	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.082 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbc',
    500: '#499ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ea0;
$custom-light: #84bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.379,
    "s": 37.339,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64798,
    "c": 0.08185,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EA0

secondary

#BB8B8A

accent

#5D5ACD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EA0

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

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