#499A80#499A80

#499A80 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.090 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499A80
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 128)
HSL	hsl(161, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(161, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 16.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -31.29, 6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 31.89, 168.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0882 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.09 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1978, 26.0846, 24.4937)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499A80 #9A4963

analogous

#499A58 #499A80 #498C9A

triadic

#499A80 #80499A #9A8049

tetradic

#499A80 #58499A #9A4963 #8C9A49

square

#499A80 #58499A #9A4963 #8C9A49

split-complementary

#499A80 #9A498C #9A5849

monochromatic

#22473B #35705D #499A80 #69B89E #92CBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#499A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#499A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499A80

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499A80	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96917F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.090 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8a4',
    500: '#499a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499a80;
$custom-light: #82b8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.741,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6277,
    "c": 0.08954,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499A80

secondary

#B78897

accent

#5C80CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499A80

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

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