#499B80#499B80

#499B80 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.091 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B80
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 128)
HSL	hsl(160, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(160, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 17.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -31.77, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 32.44, 168.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0893 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.091 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3635, 26.4160, 24.5490)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B80 #9B4964

analogous

#499B57 #499B80 #498D9B

triadic

#499B80 #80499B #9B8049

tetradic

#499B80 #57499B #9B4964 #8D9B49

square

#499B80 #57499B #9B4964 #8D9B49

split-complementary

#499B80 #9B498D #9B5749

monochromatic

#22483B #35715E #499B80 #69B89E #93CCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#499B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#499B80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B80

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B80	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97927F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.091 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a4',
    500: '#499b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b80;
$custom-light: #82b9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.244,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63024,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B80

secondary

#B88898

accent

#5C81CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B80

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

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