#499A78#499A78

#499A78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.096 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A78
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 120)
HSL	hsl(155, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(155, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 22.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -33.16, 10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 34.75, 162.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.092 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.096 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6918, 25.8822, 21.8291)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A78 #9A496B

analogous

#499A50 #499A78 #49949A

triadic

#499A78 #78499A #9A7849

tetradic

#499A78 #50499A #9A496B #949A49

square

#499A78 #50499A #9A496B #949A49

split-complementary

#499A78 #9A4994 #9A5049

monochromatic

#224737 #357058 #499A78 #69B896 #92CBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#499A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#499A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A78

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A78	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.096 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b89f',
    500: '#499a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a78;
$custom-light: #82b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.815,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62551,
    "c": 0.09577,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A78

secondary

#B7889C

accent

#5C8BCC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A78

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

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