#499B6E#499B6E

#499B6E is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.106 H 157.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B6E
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 110)
HSL	hsl(147, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(147, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 29%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -35.80, 16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 39.27, 155.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.098 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.106 157.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2821, 25.9835, 18.8534)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B6E #9B4976

analogous

#4D9B49 #499B6E #499B97

triadic

#499B6E #6E499B #9B6E49

tetradic

#499B6E #494D9B #9B4976 #9B9749

square

#499B6E #494D9B #9B4976 #9B9749

split-complementary

#499B6E #97499B #9B494D

monochromatic

#224833 #357150 #499B6E #69B88D #93CCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#499B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#499B6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B6E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B6E	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)

#9A906B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.106 157.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b997',
    500: '#499b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b6e;
$custom-light: #82b997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.073,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62557,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 157.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B6E

secondary

#B888A2

accent

#5C99CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110D

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B6E

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

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