#499B7C#499B7C

#499B7C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.094 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B7C
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 124)
HSL	hsl(157, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 20%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -32.71, 8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 33.85, 165.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0912 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.094 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1054, 26.3128, 23.1896)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B7C #9B4968

analogous

#499B53 #499B7C #49919B

triadic

#499B7C #7C499B #9B7C49

tetradic

#499B7C #53499B #9B4968 #919B49

square

#499B7C #53499B #9B4968 #919B49

split-complementary

#499B7C #9B4991 #9B5349

monochromatic

#224839 #35715B #499B7C #69B89A #93CCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#499B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#499B7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B7C

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B7C	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	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)

#98927A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.094 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a2',
    500: '#499b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b7c;
$custom-light: #82b9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.317,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62913,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B7C

secondary

#B8889A

accent

#5C86CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B7C

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

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