#499B97#499B97

#499B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.080 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B97
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -25.88, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 26.46, 192.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0786 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.08 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0526, 27.0917, 33.4446)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B97 #9B494D

analogous

#499B6E #499B97 #49769B

triadic

#499B97 #97499B #9B9749

tetradic

#499B97 #6E499B #9B494D #769B49

square

#499B97 #6E499B #9B494D #769B49

split-complementary

#499B97 #9B4976 #9B6E49

monochromatic

#224846 #35716E #499B97 #69B8B4 #93CCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#499B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#499B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B97

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B97	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.080 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b5',
    500: '#499b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b97;
$custom-light: #83b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.073,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63742,
    "c": 0.08014,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B97

secondary

#B8888A

accent

#5C61CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B97

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

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