#499D88#499D88

#499D88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.088 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D88
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 136)
HSL	hsl(165, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 13.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -30.77, 3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 30.94, 173.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0879 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.088 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2466, 27.3062, 27.5441)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D88 #9D495E

analogous

#499D5E #499D88 #49889D

triadic

#499D88 #88499D #9D8849

tetradic

#499D88 #5E499D #9D495E #889D49

square

#499D88 #5E499D #9D495E #889D49

split-complementary

#499D88 #9D4988 #9D5E49

monochromatic

#224940 #367364 #499D88 #6ABAA6 #93CDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#499D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#499D88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D88

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D88	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.088 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83baaa',
    500: '#499d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d88;
$custom-light: #83baaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63763,
    "c": 0.08826,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D88

secondary

#B98995

accent

#5B78CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D88

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

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