#499981#499981

#499981 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.087 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499981
RGB	rgb(73, 153, 129)
HSL	hsl(162, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(162, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 15.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -30.57, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 31.01, 170.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0865 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.088 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0996, 25.7823, 24.7873)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499981 #994961

analogous

#499959 #499981 #498999

triadic

#499981 #814999 #998149

tetradic

#499981 #594999 #994961 #899949

square

#499981 #594999 #994961 #899949

split-complementary

#499981 #994989 #995949

monochromatic

#21463B #35705E #499981 #68B79F #92CBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#499981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#499981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499981

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499981	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 153, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.087 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7a5',
    500: '#499981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499981;
$custom-light: #82b7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 35.398,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62545,
    "c": 0.0875,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499981

secondary

#B78795

accent

#5C7ECB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499981

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

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