#499B87#499B87

#499B87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.086 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B87
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 135)
HSL	hsl(165, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 12.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -30.06, 2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 30.20, 174.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.086 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.086 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8403, 26.6067, 27.0597)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B87 #9B495D

analogous

#499B5E #499B87 #49869B

triadic

#499B87 #87499B #9B8749

tetradic

#499B87 #5E499B #9B495D #869B49

square

#499B87 #5E499B #9B495D #869B49

split-complementary

#499B87 #9B4986 #9B5E49

monochromatic

#22483F #357163 #499B87 #69B8A5 #93CCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#499B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#499B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B87

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B87	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.086 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a9',
    500: '#499b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b87;
$custom-light: #82b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.366,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63228,
    "c": 0.08632,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B87

secondary

#B88894

accent

#5C77CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B87

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

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