#499C8A#499C8A

#499C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C8A
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -29.79, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 29.84, 176.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0858 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.086 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2216, 27.0266, 28.2435)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C8A #9C495B

analogous

#499C60 #499C8A #49859C

triadic

#499C8A #8A499C #9C8A49

tetradic

#499C8A #60499C #9C495B #859C49

square

#499C8A #60499C #9C495B #859C49

split-complementary

#499C8A #9C4985 #9C6049

monochromatic

#224940 #357265 #499C8A #69B9A8 #93CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#499C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#499C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C8A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C8A	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9ac',
    500: '#499c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c8a;
$custom-light: #83b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.988,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63571,
    "c": 0.08588,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C8A

secondary

#B88893

accent

#5C74CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C8A

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

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