#499C8B#499C8B

#499C8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.085 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C8B
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -29.53, 1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 29.56, 177.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0853 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.085 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2943, 27.0557, 28.6266)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C8B #9C495A

analogous

#499C62 #499C8B #49849C

triadic

#499C8B #8B499C #9C8B49

tetradic

#499C8B #62499C #9C495A #849C49

square

#499C8B #62499C #9C495A #849C49

split-complementary

#499C8B #9C4984 #9C6249

monochromatic

#224941 #357266 #499C8B #69B9A9 #93CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#499C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#499C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C8B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C8B	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)

#96948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.085 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9ac',
    500: '#499c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c8b;
$custom-light: #83b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.711,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63602,
    "c": 0.08536,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C8B

secondary

#B88892

accent

#5C73CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C8B

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

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