#499EAE#499EAE

#499EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.085 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EAE
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -20.85, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 26.33, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0721 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.085 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6114, 28.9240, 44.4275)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EAE #AE5949

analogous

#49AE8B #499EAE #496BAE

triadic

#499EAE #AE499E #9EAE49

tetradic

#499EAE #8B49AE #AE5949 #6BAE49

square

#499EAE #8B49AE #AE5949 #6BAE49

split-complementary

#499EAE #AE496B #AE8B49

monochromatic

#255058 #377783 #499EAE #71B6C3 #9CCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#499EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#499EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EAE

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EAE	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.085 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc6',
    500: '#499eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499eae;
$custom-light: #85bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.505,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65321,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EAE

secondary

#C29991

accent

#6A57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EAE

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

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