#499B7D#499B7D

#499B7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.093 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B7D
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 125)
HSL	hsl(158, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 19.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -32.48, 8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 33.49, 165.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0908 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.093 167)
XYZ	xyz(18.1690, 26.3382, 23.5244)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B7D #9B4967

analogous

#499B54 #499B7D #49909B

triadic

#499B7D #7D499B #9B7D49

tetradic

#499B7D #54499B #9B4967 #909B49

square

#499B7D #54499B #9B4967 #909B49

split-complementary

#499B7D #9B4990 #9B5449

monochromatic

#22483A #35715B #499B7D #69B89B #93CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#499B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#499B7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B7D

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B7D	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98927B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B897F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.093 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a2',
    500: '#499b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b7d;
$custom-light: #82b9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.049,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62941,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.2634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B7D

secondary

#B88899

accent

#5C85CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B7D

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

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