#499C7D#499C7D

#499C7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.095 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C7D
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 125)
HSL	hsl(158, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 19.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -32.95, 8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 34.06, 165.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0919 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.095 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3361, 26.6725, 23.5801)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C7D #9C4968

analogous

#499C53 #499C7D #49929C

triadic

#499C7D #7D499C #9C7D49

tetradic

#499C7D #53499C #9C4968 #929C49

square

#499C7D #53499C #9C4968 #929C49

split-complementary

#499C7D #9C4992 #9C5349

monochromatic

#22493A #35725C #499C7D #69B99B #93CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#499C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#499C7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C7D

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C7D	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99927B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.095 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baa2',
    500: '#499c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c7d;
$custom-light: #82baa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.59,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63195,
    "c": 0.09457,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C7D

secondary

#B8889A

accent

#5C86CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C7D

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

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