#499A79#499A79

#499A79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.095 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A79
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 121)
HSL	hsl(156, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 21.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -32.93, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 34.38, 163.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0915 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.095 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7529, 25.9066, 22.1504)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A79 #9A496A

analogous

#499A51 #499A79 #49939A

triadic

#499A79 #79499A #9A7949

tetradic

#499A79 #51499A #9A496A #939A49

square

#499A79 #51499A #9A496A #939A49

split-complementary

#499A79 #9A4993 #9A5149

monochromatic

#224738 #357058 #499A79 #69B897 #92CBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#499A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#499A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A79

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A79	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)

#979077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.095 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b89f',
    500: '#499a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a79;
$custom-light: #82b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.556,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62577,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A79

secondary

#B7889B

accent

#5C8ACC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A79

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

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