#499B98#499B98

#499B98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.080 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B98
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 152)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -25.60, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 26.31, 193.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0782 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.08 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1341, 27.1243, 33.8741)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B98 #9B494C

analogous

#499B6F #499B98 #49759B

triadic

#499B98 #98499B #9B9849

tetradic

#499B98 #6F499B #9B494C #759B49

square

#499B98 #6F499B #9B494C #759B49

split-complementary

#499B98 #9B4975 #9B6F49

monochromatic

#224846 #35716F #499B98 #69B8B5 #93CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#499B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#499B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B98

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B98	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#089F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.080 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b6',
    500: '#499b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b98;
$custom-light: #83b9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.805,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63777,
    "c": 0.07999,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B98

secondary

#B8888A

accent

#5C60CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B98

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

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