#499B8D#499B8D

#499B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.083 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B8D
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -28.53, -0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 28.53, 180.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0832 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.083 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2746, 26.7805, 29.3475)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B8D #9B4957

analogous

#499B64 #499B8D #49809B

triadic

#499B8D #8D499B #9B8D49

tetradic

#499B8D #64499B #9B4957 #809B49

square

#499B8D #64499B #9B4957 #809B49

split-complementary

#499B8D #9B4980 #9B6449

monochromatic

#224841 #357167 #499B8D #69B8AB #93CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#499B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#499B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B8D

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B8D	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.083 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9ae',
    500: '#499b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b8d;
$custom-light: #83b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.756,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63413,
    "c": 0.08322,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B8D

secondary

#B88890

accent

#5C6FCC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B8D

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

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