#499EA1#499EA1

#499EA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.082 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EA1
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -24.61, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 26.34, 200.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0777 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.082 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4049, 28.4414, 38.0730)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EA1 #A14C49

analogous

#49A178 #499EA1 #4972A1

triadic

#499EA1 #A1499E #9EA149

tetradic

#499EA1 #7849A1 #A14C49 #72A149

square

#499EA1 #7849A1 #A14C49 #72A149

split-complementary

#499EA1 #A14972 #A17849

monochromatic

#234B4D #367577 #499EA1 #6BB9BC #95CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#499EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EA1

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EA1	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.082 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbc',
    500: '#499ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ea1;
$custom-light: #84bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.045,
    "s": 37.607,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64834,
    "c": 0.08187,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EA1

secondary

#BB8C8B

accent

#5E5ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EA1

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

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