#499C98#499C98

#499C98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.081 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C98
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -26.10, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 26.70, 192.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0793 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.081 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3012, 27.4585, 33.9298)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C98 #9C494D

analogous

#499C6E #499C98 #49779C

triadic

#499C98 #98499C #9C9849

tetradic

#499C98 #6E499C #9C494D #779C49

square

#499C98 #6E499C #9C494D #779C49

split-complementary

#499C98 #9C4977 #9C6E49

monochromatic

#224947 #35726F #499C98 #69B9B5 #93CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#499C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#499C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C98

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C98	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#949598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.081 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b6',
    500: '#499c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c98;
$custom-light: #83b9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.108,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64025,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C98

secondary

#B8888B

accent

#5C61CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C98

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

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