#499B91#499B91

#499B91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.082 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B91
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 145)
HSL	hsl(173, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -27.49, -2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 27.59, 184.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0814 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.082 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5777, 26.9017, 30.9434)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B91 #9B4953

analogous

#499B68 #499B91 #497C9B

triadic

#499B91 #91499B #9B9149

tetradic

#499B91 #68499B #9B4953 #7C9B49

square

#499B91 #68499B #9B4953 #7C9B49

split-complementary

#499B91 #9B497C #9B6849

monochromatic

#224843 #35716A #499B91 #69B8AF #93CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#499B91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#499B91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B91

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B91	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.082 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b1',
    500: '#499b91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b91;
$custom-light: #83b9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.683,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63542,
    "c": 0.08166,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B91

secondary

#B8888E

accent

#5C69CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B91

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

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