#499A7C#499A7C

#499A7C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.093 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A7C
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 124)
HSL	hsl(158, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 19.5%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -32.24, 8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 33.28, 165.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0901 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.093 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9397, 25.9813, 23.1344)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A7C #9A4967

analogous

#499A54 #499A7C #49909A

triadic

#499A7C #7C499A #9A7C49

tetradic

#499A7C #54499A #9A4967 #909A49

square

#499A7C #54499A #9A4967 #909A49

split-complementary

#499A7C #9A4990 #9A5449

monochromatic

#224739 #35705B #499A7C #69B89A #92CBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#499A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#499A7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A7C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A7C	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.093 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8a2',
    500: '#499a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a7c;
$custom-light: #82b8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.778,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62658,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A7C

secondary

#B78899

accent

#5C85CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A7C

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

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