#499E97#499E97

#499E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.083 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499E97
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(175, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -27.37, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 27.69, 188.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0821 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.083 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5581, 28.1026, 33.6131)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499E97 #9E4950

analogous

#499E6C #499E97 #497A9E

triadic

#499E97 #97499E #9E9749

tetradic

#499E97 #6C499E #9E4950 #7A9E49

square

#499E97 #6C499E #9E4950 #7A9E49

split-complementary

#499E97 #9E497A #9E6C49

monochromatic

#224A47 #36746F #499E97 #6ABAB4 #94CEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#499E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#499E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499E97

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499E97	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.083 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbb5',
    500: '#499e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499e97;
$custom-light: #84bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.059,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64487,
    "c": 0.08294,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499E97

secondary

#BA898D

accent

#5B64CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #499E97

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

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