#499A7E#499A7E

#499A7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.091 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A7E
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 126)
HSL	hsl(159, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 18.2%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -31.77, 7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 32.58, 167.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0891 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.091 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0674, 26.0324, 23.8073)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A7E #9A4965

analogous

#499A55 #499A7E #498E9A

triadic

#499A7E #7E499A #9A7E49

tetradic

#499A7E #55499A #9A4965 #8E9A49

square

#499A7E #55499A #9A4965 #8E9A49

split-complementary

#499A7E #9A498E #9A5549

monochromatic

#22473A #35705C #499A7E #69B89C #92CBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#499A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#499A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A7E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A7E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.091 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8a3',
    500: '#499a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a7e;
$custom-light: #82b8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.259,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62714,
    "c": 0.09101,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A7E

secondary

#B78898

accent

#5C83CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A7E

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

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