#499B96#499B96

#499B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.080 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B96
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -26.15, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 26.62, 190.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0791 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.08 190)
XYZ	xyz(19.9717, 27.0593, 33.0187)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B96 #9B494E

analogous

#499B6D #499B96 #49779B

triadic

#499B96 #96499B #9B9649

tetradic

#499B96 #6D499B #9B494E #779B49

square

#499B96 #6D499B #9B494E #779B49

split-complementary

#499B96 #9B4977 #9B6D49

monochromatic

#224845 #35716E #499B96 #69B8B3 #93CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#499B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#499B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B96

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B96	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.080 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b4',
    500: '#499b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b96;
$custom-light: #83b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.341,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63708,
    "c": 0.08032,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.27061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B96

secondary

#B8888B

accent

#5C63CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B96

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

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