#499B78#499B78

#499B78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.097 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B78
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 120)
HSL	hsl(154, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(154, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 22.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -33.62, 10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 35.33, 162.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0932 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.097 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8576, 26.2137, 21.8844)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B78 #9B496C

analogous

#499B4F #499B78 #49959B

triadic

#499B78 #78499B #9B7849

tetradic

#499B78 #4F499B #9B496C #959B49

square

#499B78 #4F499B #9B496C #959B49

split-complementary

#499B78 #9B4995 #9B4F49

monochromatic

#224838 #357158 #499B78 #69B896 #93CCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#499B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#499B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B78

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B78	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.097 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b99f',
    500: '#499b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b78;
$custom-light: #82b99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.39,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62806,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B78

secondary

#B8889C

accent

#5C8CCC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B78

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

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