#499EAD#499EAD

#499EAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.084 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EAD
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(189, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -21.15, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 26.26, 216.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0725 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.084 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5143, 28.8851, 43.9159)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EAD #AD5849

analogous

#49AD8A #499EAD #496CAD

triadic

#499EAD #AD499E #9EAD49

tetradic

#499EAD #8A49AD #AD5849 #6CAD49

square

#499EAD #8A49AD #AD5849 #6CAD49

split-complementary

#499EAD #AD496C #AD8A49

monochromatic

#254F57 #377782 #499EAD #70B6C3 #9BCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#499EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#499EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EAD

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EAD	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.084 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc5',
    500: '#499ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ead;
$custom-light: #85bbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65282,
    "c": 0.08438,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EAD

secondary

#C19890

accent

#6957D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EAD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →