#499A7A#499A7A

#499A7A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.094 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A7A
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 122)
HSL	hsl(156, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 20.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, -32.70, 9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 34.01, 164.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.091 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.094 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8145, 25.9313, 22.4750)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A7A #9A4969

analogous

#499A51 #499A7A #49929A

triadic

#499A7A #7A499A #9A7A49

tetradic

#499A7A #51499A #9A4969 #929A49

square

#499A7A #51499A #9A4969 #929A49

split-complementary

#499A7A #9A4992 #9A5149

monochromatic

#224738 #357059 #499A7A #69B898 #92CBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#499A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#499A7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A7A

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A7A	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.094 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8a0',
    500: '#499a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a7a;
$custom-light: #82b8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.296,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62604,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A7A

secondary

#B7889A

accent

#5C88CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A7A

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

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