#499B7B#499B7B

#499B7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.095 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B7B
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 123)
HSL	hsl(157, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 20.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -32.94, 9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 34.21, 164.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0917 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.095 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0425, 26.2876, 22.8583)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B7B #9B4969

analogous

#499B52 #499B7B #49929B

triadic

#499B7B #7B499B #9B7B49

tetradic

#499B7B #52499B #9B4969 #929B49

square

#499B7B #52499B #9B4969 #929B49

split-complementary

#499B7B #9B4992 #9B5249

monochromatic

#224839 #35715A #499B7B #69B899 #93CCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#499B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#499B7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B7B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B7B	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.095 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a1',
    500: '#499b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b7b;
$custom-light: #82b9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.585,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62886,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B7B

secondary

#B8889B

accent

#5C88CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B7B

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

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