#499C79#499C79

#499C79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.098 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C79
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 121)
HSL	hsl(155, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(155, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 22.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -33.86, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 35.53, 162.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.0938 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.098 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0857, 26.5723, 22.2613)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C79 #9C496C

analogous

#499C4F #499C79 #49969C

triadic

#499C79 #79499C #9C7949

tetradic

#499C79 #4F499C #9C496C #969C49

square

#499C79 #4F499C #9C496C #969C49

split-complementary

#499C79 #9C4996 #9C4F49

monochromatic

#224938 #357259 #499C79 #69B997 #93CCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#499C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#499C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C79

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C79	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.098 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ba9f',
    500: '#499c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c79;
$custom-light: #82ba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.699,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63088,
    "c": 0.09782,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C79

secondary

#B8889D

accent

#5C8BCC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C79

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

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