#499A88#499A88

#499A88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.085 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A88
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 136)
HSL	hsl(167, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -29.32, 1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 29.38, 176.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0844 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.085 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7453, 26.3036, 27.3770)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A88 #9A495B

analogous

#499A60 #499A88 #49849A

triadic

#499A88 #88499A #9A8849

tetradic

#499A88 #60499A #9A495B #849A49

square

#499A88 #60499A #9A495B #849A49

split-complementary

#499A88 #9A4984 #9A6049

monochromatic

#22473F #357063 #499A88 #69B8A6 #92CBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#499A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#499A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A88

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A88	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.085 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8aa',
    500: '#499a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a88;
$custom-light: #82b8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63007,
    "c": 0.0845,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A88

secondary

#B78892

accent

#5C75CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A88

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

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