#499F96#499F96

#499F96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.084 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499F96
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 150)
HSL	hsl(174, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 5.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -28.13, -3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 28.31, 186.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0837 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.084 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6485, 28.4128, 33.2443)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499F96 #9F4952

analogous

#499F6B #499F96 #497D9F

triadic

#499F96 #96499F #9F9649

tetradic

#499F96 #6B499F #9F4952 #7D9F49

square

#499F96 #6B499F #9F4952 #7D9F49

split-complementary

#499F96 #9F497D #9F6B49

monochromatic

#224B47 #36756E #499F96 #6ABBB2 #94CEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#499F96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499F96

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499F96	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.084 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbb4',
    500: '#499f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499f96;
$custom-light: #84bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.721,
    "s": 37.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64703,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499F96

secondary

#BA8A8F

accent

#5B67CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #499F96

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

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