#499A7D#499A7D

#499A7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.092 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A7D
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 125)
HSL	hsl(159, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 18.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -32.00, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 32.93, 166.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0896 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.092 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0032, 26.0068, 23.4691)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A7D #9A4966

analogous

#499A55 #499A7D #498F9A

triadic

#499A7D #7D499A #9A7D49

tetradic

#499A7D #55499A #9A4966 #8F9A49

square

#499A7D #55499A #9A4966 #8F9A49

split-complementary

#499A7D #9A498F #9A5549

monochromatic

#22473A #35705B #499A7D #69B89B #92CBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#499A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#499A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A7D

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A7D	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)

#97917C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A887F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.092 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8a2',
    500: '#499a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a7d;
$custom-light: #82b8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.519,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62686,
    "c": 0.09176,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A7D

secondary

#B78899

accent

#5C84CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A7D

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

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