#499F97#499F97

#499F97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.084 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499F97
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 151)
HSL	hsl(174, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -27.86, -3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 28.11, 187.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0833 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.084 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7293, 28.4452, 33.6702)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499F97 #9F4951

analogous

#499F6C #499F97 #497C9F

triadic

#499F97 #97499F #9F9749

tetradic

#499F97 #6C499F #9F4951 #7C9F49

square

#499F97 #6C499F #9F4951 #7C9F49

split-complementary

#499F97 #9F497C #9F6C49

monochromatic

#224B47 #36756F #499F97 #6ABBB3 #94CEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#499F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#499F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499F97

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499F97	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.084 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbb5',
    500: '#499f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499f97;
$custom-light: #84bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.419,
    "s": 37.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64736,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499F97

secondary

#BA8A8E

accent

#5B65CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #499F97

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

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