#499C97#499C97

#499C97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.081 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C97
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -26.38, -5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 26.86, 190.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0798 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.081 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2197, 27.4259, 33.5003)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C97 #9C494E

analogous

#499C6E #499C97 #49779C

triadic

#499C97 #97499C #9C9749

tetradic

#499C97 #6E499C #9C494E #779C49

square

#499C97 #6E499C #9C494E #779C49

split-complementary

#499C97 #9C4977 #9C6E49

monochromatic

#224946 #35726F #499C97 #69B9B4 #93CCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#499C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#499C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C97

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C97	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.081 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b5',
    500: '#499c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c97;
$custom-light: #83b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.386,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63991,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C97

secondary

#B8888B

accent

#5C62CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C97

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

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