#499596#499596

#499596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.075 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499596
RGB	rgb(73, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, -23.11, -7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 24.37, 198.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0721 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.075 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9979, 25.1117, 32.6941)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499596 #964A49

analogous

#499670 #499596 #496E96

triadic

#499596 #964995 #959649

tetradic

#499596 #704996 #964A49 #6E9649

square

#499596 #704996 #964A49 #6E9649

split-complementary

#499596 #96496E #967049

monochromatic

#214344 #356C6D #499596 #67B4B5 #90C8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#499596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#499596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499596

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499596	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#129995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.075 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b4b4',
    500: '#499596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499596;
$custom-light: #83b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.779,
    "s": 34.529,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6222,
    "c": 0.0752,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499596

secondary

#B58686

accent

#5F5DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499596

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

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