#499B83#499B83

#499B83 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.089 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B83
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 131)
HSL	hsl(162, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 15.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -31.04, 5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 31.44, 170.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0879 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.089 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5639, 26.4962, 25.6043)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B83 #9B4961

analogous

#499B5A #499B83 #498A9B

triadic

#499B83 #83499B #9B8349

tetradic

#499B83 #5A499B #9B4961 #8A9B49

square

#499B83 #5A499B #9B4961 #8A9B49

split-complementary

#499B83 #9B498A #9B5A49

monochromatic

#22483D #357160 #499B83 #69B8A1 #93CCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#499B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#499B83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B83

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B83	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.089 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a7',
    500: '#499b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b83;
$custom-light: #82b9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.439,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6311,
    "c": 0.08883,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B83

secondary

#B88896

accent

#5C7DCC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B83

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

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