#499A77#499A77

#499A77 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.097 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A77
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 119)
HSL	hsl(154, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(154, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 22.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -33.38, 10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 35.13, 161.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0925 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.097 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6315, 25.8581, 21.5112)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A77 #9A496C

analogous

#499A4F #499A77 #49959A

triadic

#499A77 #77499A #9A7749

tetradic

#499A77 #4F499A #9A496C #959A49

square

#499A77 #4F499A #9A496C #959A49

split-complementary

#499A77 #9A4995 #9A4F49

monochromatic

#224737 #357057 #499A77 #69B895 #92CBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#499A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#499A77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A77

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A77	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.097 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b89e',
    500: '#499a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a77;
$custom-light: #82b89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.074,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62524,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A77

secondary

#B7889C

accent

#5C8CCC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A77

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

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