#499C8D#499C8D

#499C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.084 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C8D
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -29.02, 0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 29.02, 179.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0844 0)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.084 180)
XYZ	xyz(19.4418, 27.1147, 29.4033)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C8D #9C4958

analogous

#499C64 #499C8D #49819C

triadic

#499C8D #8D499C #9C8D49

tetradic

#499C8D #64499C #9C4958 #819C49

square

#499C8D #64499C #9C4958 #819C49

split-complementary

#499C8D #9C4981 #9C6449

monochromatic

#224942 #357267 #499C8D #69B9AB #93CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#499C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#499C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C8D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C8D	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.084 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9ae',
    500: '#499c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c8d;
$custom-light: #83b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.157,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63664,
    "c": 0.08438,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.27116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C8D

secondary

#B88891

accent

#5C70CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C8D

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

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