#499C85#499C85

#499C85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.089 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C85
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 133)
HSL	hsl(163, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 14.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -31.03, 4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 31.34, 171.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0881 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.089 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8679, 26.8852, 26.3808)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C85 #9C4960

analogous

#499C5B #499C85 #498A9C

triadic

#499C85 #85499C #9C8549

tetradic

#499C85 #5B499C #9C4960 #8A9C49

square

#499C85 #5B499C #9C4960 #8A9C49

split-complementary

#499C85 #9C498A #9C5B49

monochromatic

#22493E #357261 #499C85 #69B9A3 #93CCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#499C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#499C85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C85

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C85	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.089 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a8',
    500: '#499c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c85;
$custom-light: #82b9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.373,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63422,
    "c": 0.08883,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C85

secondary

#B88896

accent

#5C7BCC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C85

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

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