#499A7B#499A7B

#499A7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.093 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A7B
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 123)
HSL	hsl(157, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 20.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, -32.47, 8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 33.64, 164.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0905 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.093 166)
XYZ	xyz(17.8768, 25.9562, 22.8030)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A7B #9A4968

analogous

#499A53 #499A7B #49919A

triadic

#499A7B #7B499A #9A7B49

tetradic

#499A7B #53499A #9A4968 #919A49

square

#499A7B #53499A #9A4968 #919A49

split-complementary

#499A7B #9A4991 #9A5349

monochromatic

#224739 #35705A #499A7B #69B899 #92CBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#499A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#499A7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A7B

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A7B	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)

#979179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.093 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8a1',
    500: '#499a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a7b;
$custom-light: #82b8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.037,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62631,
    "c": 0.09332,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.25958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A7B

secondary

#B7889A

accent

#5C87CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A7B

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

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