#499A72#499A72

#499A72 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A72
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 114)
HSL	hsl(150, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(150, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 26%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -34.49, 13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 37.07, 158.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0949 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.101 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3391, 25.7411, 19.9711)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A72 #9A4971

analogous

#499A49 #499A72 #499A9A

triadic

#499A72 #72499A #9A7249

tetradic

#499A72 #49499A #9A4971 #9A9A49

square

#499A72 #49499A #9A4971 #9A9A49

split-complementary

#499A72 #9A499A #9A4949

monochromatic

#224735 #357053 #499A72 #69B891 #92CBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#499A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#499A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A72

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A72	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b89a',
    500: '#499a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a72;
$custom-light: #82b89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.37,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62397,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A72

secondary

#B7889F

accent

#5C93CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A72

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

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