#499D86#499D86

#499D86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.089 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D86
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 134)
HSL	hsl(164, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 14.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -31.26, 4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 31.56, 172.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0888 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.09 173)
XYZ	xyz(19.1058, 27.2499, 26.8026)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D86 #9D4960

analogous

#499D5C #499D86 #498A9D

triadic

#499D86 #86499D #9D8649

tetradic

#499D86 #5C499D #9D4960 #8A9D49

square

#499D86 #5C499D #9D4960 #8A9D49

split-complementary

#499D86 #9D498A #9D5C49

monochromatic

#22493F #367362 #499D86 #6ABAA4 #93CDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#499D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#499D86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D86

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D86	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)

#989485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.089 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83baa9',
    500: '#499d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d86;
$custom-light: #83baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.571,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63704,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.27252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D86

secondary

#B98996

accent

#5B7ACD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D86

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

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