#499D79#499D79

#499D79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.099 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D79
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(154, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(154, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -34.33, 11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 36.11, 161.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.095 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.099 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2542, 26.9093, 22.3175)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D79 #9D496D

analogous

#499D4F #499D79 #49979D

triadic

#499D79 #79499D #9D7949

tetradic

#499D79 #4F499D #9D496D #979D49

square

#499D79 #4F499D #9D496D #979D49

split-complementary

#499D79 #9D4997 #9D4F49

monochromatic

#224939 #367359 #499D79 #6ABA97 #93CDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#499D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#499D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D79

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D79	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)

#9B9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.099 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ba9f',
    500: '#499d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d79;
$custom-light: #82ba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63344,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D79

secondary

#B9899D

accent

#5B8CCD

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D79

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

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