#499A97#499A97

#499A97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.079 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A97
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -25.37, -5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 26.07, 193.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0775 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.079 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8868, 26.7602, 33.3894)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A97 #9A494C

analogous

#499A6F #499A97 #49759A

triadic

#499A97 #97499A #9A9749

tetradic

#499A97 #6F499A #9A494C #759A49

square

#499A97 #6F499A #9A494C #759A49

split-complementary

#499A97 #9A4975 #9A6F49

monochromatic

#224746 #35706E #499A97 #69B8B5 #92CBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#499A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#499A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A97

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A97	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.079 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8b5',
    500: '#499a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a97;
$custom-light: #83b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63494,
    "c": 0.07925,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A97

secondary

#B78889

accent

#5C60CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A97

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

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