#499C86#499C86

#499C86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.088 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C86
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 134)
HSL	hsl(164, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 14.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -30.79, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 31.03, 172.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0877 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.088 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9373, 26.9129, 26.7464)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C86 #9C495F

analogous

#499C5C #499C86 #49899C

triadic

#499C86 #86499C #9C8649

tetradic

#499C86 #5C499C #9C495F #899C49

square

#499C86 #5C499C #9C495F #899C49

split-complementary

#499C86 #9C4989 #9C5C49

monochromatic

#22493E #357262 #499C86 #69B9A4 #93CCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#499C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#499C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C86

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C86	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)

#979385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.088 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a9',
    500: '#499c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c86;
$custom-light: #82b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.096,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63451,
    "c": 0.0882,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C86

secondary

#B88895

accent

#5C79CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C86

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

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