#499D89#499D89

#499D89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.088 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D89
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 137)
HSL	hsl(166, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -30.52, 2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 30.64, 174.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0874 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.088 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3180, 27.3348, 27.9202)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D89 #9D495D

analogous

#499D5F #499D89 #49879D

triadic

#499D89 #89499D #9D8949

tetradic

#499D89 #5F499D #9D495D #879D49

square

#499D89 #5F499D #9D495D #879D49

split-complementary

#499D89 #9D4987 #9D5F49

monochromatic

#224940 #367365 #499D89 #6ABAA7 #93CDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#499D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#499D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D89

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D89	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.088 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83baab',
    500: '#499d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d89;
$custom-light: #83baab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63793,
    "c": 0.08768,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D89

secondary

#B98994

accent

#5B76CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D89

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

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