#499B73#499B73

#499B73 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B73
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 115)
HSL	hsl(151, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(151, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 25.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -34.73, 13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 37.26, 158.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0956 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.102 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5620, 26.0955, 20.3278)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B73 #9B4971

analogous

#499B4A #499B73 #499A9B

triadic

#499B73 #73499B #9B7349

tetradic

#499B73 #4A499B #9B4971 #9A9B49

square

#499B73 #4A499B #9B4971 #9A9B49

split-complementary

#499B73 #9B499A #9B4A49

monochromatic

#224835 #357154 #499B73 #69B892 #93CCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#499B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#499B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B73

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B73	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)

#999171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b99b',
    500: '#499b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b73;
$custom-light: #82b99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.732,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62678,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B73

secondary

#B8889F

accent

#5C93CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B73

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

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