#499A98#499A98

#499A98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.079 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A98
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -25.10, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 25.93, 194.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.077 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.079 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9684, 26.7928, 33.8189)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A98 #9A494B

analogous

#499A70 #499A98 #49739A

triadic

#499A98 #98499A #9A9849

tetradic

#499A98 #70499A #9A494B #739A49

square

#499A98 #70499A #9A494B #739A49

split-complementary

#499A98 #9A4973 #9A7049

monochromatic

#224746 #35706F #499A98 #69B8B6 #92CBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#499A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#499A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A98

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A98	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#099E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.079 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8b6',
    500: '#499a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a98;
$custom-light: #83b8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.519,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63529,
    "c": 0.07912,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A98

secondary

#B78889

accent

#5C5FCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A98

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

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