#499B79#499B79

#499B79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.096 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B79
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(155, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(155, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 21.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -33.40, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 34.95, 162.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0927 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.096 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9186, 26.2381, 22.2056)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B79 #9B496B

analogous

#499B50 #499B79 #49949B

triadic

#499B79 #79499B #9B7949

tetradic

#499B79 #50499B #9B496B #949B49

square

#499B79 #50499B #9B496B #949B49

split-complementary

#499B79 #9B4994 #9B5049

monochromatic

#224838 #357159 #499B79 #69B897 #93CCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#499B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#499B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B79

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B79	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.096 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b99f',
    500: '#499b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b79;
$custom-light: #82b99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.122,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62833,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B79

secondary

#B8889C

accent

#5C8ACC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B79

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

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