#499C7A#499C7A

#499C7A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.097 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C7A
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 122)
HSL	hsl(155, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(155, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 21.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -33.64, 10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 35.16, 163.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0934 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.097 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1473, 26.5970, 22.5860)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C7A #9C496B

analogous

#499C51 #499C7A #49959C

triadic

#499C7A #7A499C #9C7A49

tetradic

#499C7A #51499C #9C496B #959C49

square

#499C7A #51499C #9C496B #959C49

split-complementary

#499C7A #9C4995 #9C5149

monochromatic

#224939 #357259 #499C7A #69B998 #93CCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#499C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#499C7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C7A

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C7A	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.097 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baa0',
    500: '#499c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c7a;
$custom-light: #82baa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.422,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63115,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C7A

secondary

#B8889C

accent

#5C8ACC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C7A

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

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