#499B8A#499B8A

#499B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.085 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B8A
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -29.30, 1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 29.33, 177.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0846 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.085 178)
XYZ	xyz(19.0544, 26.6924, 28.1878)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B8A #9B495A

analogous

#499B61 #499B8A #49839B

triadic

#499B8A #8A499B #9B8A49

tetradic

#499B8A #61499B #9B495A #839B49

square

#499B8A #61499B #9B495A #839B49

split-complementary

#499B8A #9B4983 #9B6149

monochromatic

#224840 #357165 #499B8A #69B8A8 #93CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#499B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#499B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B8A

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B8A	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.085 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9ac',
    500: '#499b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b8a;
$custom-light: #82b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.561,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6332,
    "c": 0.08466,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.26694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B8A

secondary

#B88892

accent

#5C73CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B8A

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

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