#499B7E#499B7E

#499B7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.092 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B7E
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 126)
HSL	hsl(159, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 18.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -32.24, 7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 33.14, 166.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0903 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.092 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2332, 26.3639, 23.8625)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B7E #9B4966

analogous

#499B55 #499B7E #498F9B

triadic

#499B7E #7E499B #9B7E49

tetradic

#499B7E #55499B #9B4966 #8F9B49

square

#499B7E #55499B #9B4966 #8F9B49

split-complementary

#499B7E #9B498F #9B5549

monochromatic

#22483A #35715C #499B7E #69B89C #93CCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#499B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#499B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B7E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B7E	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)

#98927D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.092 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a3',
    500: '#499b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b7e;
$custom-light: #82b9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.78,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62968,
    "c": 0.09239,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B7E

secondary

#B88899

accent

#5C83CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B7E

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

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