#499797#499797

#499797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.077 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499797
RGB	rgb(73, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(180, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -23.85, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 24.96, 197.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.074 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.077 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3979, 25.7823, 33.2264)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499797 #974949

analogous

#499770 #499797 #497097

triadic

#499797 #974997 #979749

tetradic

#499797 #704997 #974949 #709749

square

#499797 #704997 #974949 #709749

split-complementary

#499797 #974970 #977049

monochromatic

#214444 #356E6E #499797 #67B6B6 #91CACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#499797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#499797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499797

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499797	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.077 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6b5',
    500: '#499797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499797;
$custom-light: #83b6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 34.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62751,
    "c": 0.07674,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499797

secondary

#B68686

accent

#5D5DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499797

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

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