#499A91#499A91

#499A91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.081 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A91
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 145)
HSL	hsl(173, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 5.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -26.99, -2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 27.14, 186.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0802 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.081 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4119, 26.5702, 30.8882)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A91 #9A4952

analogous

#499A68 #499A91 #497B9A

triadic

#499A91 #91499A #9A9149

tetradic

#499A91 #68499A #9A4952 #7B9A49

square

#499A91 #68499A #9A4952 #7B9A49

split-complementary

#499A91 #9A497B #9A6849

monochromatic

#224743 #35706A #499A91 #69B8AF #92CBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#499A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#499A91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A91

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A91	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.081 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8b1',
    500: '#499a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a91;
$custom-light: #83b8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63292,
    "c": 0.08061,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A91

secondary

#B7888D

accent

#5C68CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A91

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

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