#499C87#499C87

#499C87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.088 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C87
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 135)
HSL	hsl(165, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 13.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -30.54, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 30.72, 173.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0872 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.088 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0074, 26.9410, 27.1154)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C87 #9C495E

analogous

#499C5D #499C87 #49889C

triadic

#499C87 #87499C #9C8749

tetradic

#499C87 #5D499C #9C495E #889C49

square

#499C87 #5D499C #9C495E #889C49

split-complementary

#499C87 #9C4988 #9C5D49

monochromatic

#22493F #357263 #499C87 #69B9A5 #93CCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#499C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#499C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C87

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C87	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.088 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a9',
    500: '#499c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c87;
$custom-light: #82b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.819,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63481,
    "c": 0.08759,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C87

secondary

#B88895

accent

#5C78CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C87

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

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