#499B8B#499B8B

#499B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.084 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B8B
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -29.05, 0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 29.06, 178.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0841 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.084 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1272, 26.7215, 28.5709)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B8B #9B4959

analogous

#499B62 #499B8B #49829B

triadic

#499B8B #8B499B #9B8B49

tetradic

#499B8B #62499B #9B4959 #829B49

square

#499B8B #62499B #9B4959 #829B49

split-complementary

#499B8B #9B4982 #9B6249

monochromatic

#224840 #357166 #499B8B #69B8A9 #93CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#499B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#499B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B8B

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B8B	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)

#95938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.084 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9ac',
    500: '#499b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b8b;
$custom-light: #83b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.293,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63351,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B8B

secondary

#B88891

accent

#5C72CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B8B

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

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