#499C7B#499C7B

#499C7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.096 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C7B
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 123)
HSL	hsl(156, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 21.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -33.41, 9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 34.79, 163.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0929 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.096 165)
XYZ	xyz(18.2096, 26.6219, 22.9140)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C7B #9C496A

analogous

#499C52 #499C7B #49939C

triadic

#499C7B #7B499C #9C7B49

tetradic

#499C7B #52499C #9C496A #939C49

square

#499C7B #52499C #9C496A #939C49

split-complementary

#499C7B #9C4993 #9C5249

monochromatic

#224939 #35725A #499C7B #69B999 #93CCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#499C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#499C7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C7B

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C7B	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)

#999279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.096 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baa1',
    500: '#499c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c7b;
$custom-light: #82baa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.145,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63141,
    "c": 0.09616,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.26623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C7B

secondary

#B8889B

accent

#5C88CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C7B

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

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