#499B72#499B72

#499B72 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B72
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 114)
HSL	hsl(150, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(150, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 26.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -34.95, 14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 37.66, 158.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.096 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.103 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5048, 26.0726, 20.0264)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B72 #9B4972

analogous

#499B49 #499B72 #499B9B

triadic

#499B72 #72499B #9B7249

tetradic

#499B72 #49499B #9B4972 #9B9B49

square

#499B72 #49499B #9B4972 #9B9B49

split-complementary

#499B72 #9B499B #9B4949

monochromatic

#224835 #357153 #499B72 #69B891 #93CCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#499B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#499B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B72

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B72	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)

#999170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b99a',
    500: '#499b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b72;
$custom-light: #82b99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62654,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B72

secondary

#B888A0

accent

#5C94CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B72

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

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