#499B8F#499B8F

#499B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.082 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B8F
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(171, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -28.01, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 28.04, 182.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0823 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.082 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4248, 26.8406, 30.1384)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B8F #9B4955

analogous

#499B66 #499B8F #497E9B

triadic

#499B8F #8F499B #9B8F49

tetradic

#499B8F #66499B #9B4955 #7E9B49

square

#499B8F #66499B #9B4955 #7E9B49

split-complementary

#499B8F #9B497E #9B6649

monochromatic

#224842 #357169 #499B8F #69B8AD #93CCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#499B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#499B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B8F

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B8F	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.082 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9af',
    500: '#499b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b8f;
$custom-light: #83b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.22,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63477,
    "c": 0.08239,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B8F

secondary

#B8888F

accent

#5C6CCC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B8F

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

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