#499EAC#499EAC

#499EAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.084 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EAC
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 172)
HSL	hsl(188, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -21.44, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 26.20, 215.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.073 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.084 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4179, 28.8466, 43.4083)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EAC #AC5749

analogous

#49AC88 #499EAC #496CAC

triadic

#499EAC #AC499E #9EAC49

tetradic

#499EAC #8849AC #AC5749 #6CAC49

square

#499EAC #8849AC #AC5749 #6CAC49

split-complementary

#499EAC #AC496C #AC8849

monochromatic

#254F56 #377781 #499EAC #70B7C2 #9BCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#499EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EAC

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EAC	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.084 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc4',
    500: '#499eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499eac;
$custom-light: #85bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.485,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65243,
    "c": 0.08402,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EAC

secondary

#C19790

accent

#6958D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EAC

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

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