#499D96#499D96

#499D96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.082 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D96
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 150)
HSL	hsl(175, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -27.14, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 27.45, 188.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0814 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.082 188)
XYZ	xyz(20.3073, 27.7305, 33.1306)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D96 #9D4950

analogous

#499D6C #499D96 #497A9D

triadic

#499D96 #96499D #9D9649

tetradic

#499D96 #6C499D #9D4950 #7A9D49

square

#499D96 #6C499D #9D4950 #7A9D49

split-complementary

#499D96 #9D497A #9D6C49

monochromatic

#224946 #36736E #499D96 #6ABAB3 #93CDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#499D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#499D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D96

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D96	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.082 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bab4',
    500: '#499d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d96;
$custom-light: #83bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64205,
    "c": 0.08222,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.27732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D96

secondary

#B9898D

accent

#5B65CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D96

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

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