#499E95#499E95

#499E95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.083 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499E95
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 149)
HSL	hsl(174, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 5.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -27.91, -3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 28.08, 186.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.083 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.083 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3970, 28.0382, 32.7650)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499E95 #9E4952

analogous

#499E6A #499E95 #497C9E

triadic

#499E95 #95499E #9E9549

tetradic

#499E95 #6A499E #9E4952 #7C9E49

square

#499E95 #6A499E #9E4952 #7C9E49

split-complementary

#499E95 #9E497C #9E6A49

monochromatic

#224A46 #36746E #499E95 #6ABAB2 #94CEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#499E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#499E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499E95

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499E95	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.083 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbb4',
    500: '#499e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499e95;
$custom-light: #83bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.647,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64421,
    "c": 0.08349,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499E95

secondary

#BA898E

accent

#5B67CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #499E95

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

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