#499C91#499C91

#499C91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.083 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C91
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 145)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -27.98, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 28.05, 183.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0825 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.083 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7448, 27.2359, 30.9991)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C91 #9C4954

analogous

#499C67 #499C91 #497E9C

triadic

#499C91 #91499C #9C9149

tetradic

#499C91 #67499C #9C4954 #7E9C49

square

#499C91 #67499C #9C4954 #7E9C49

split-complementary

#499C91 #9C497E #9C6749

monochromatic

#224943 #35726A #499C91 #69B9AE #93CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#499C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#499C91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C91

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C91	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.083 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b1',
    500: '#499c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c91;
$custom-light: #83b9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.048,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63792,
    "c": 0.08272,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C91

secondary

#B8888F

accent

#5C6ACC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C91

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

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