#499D83#499D83

#499D83 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.091 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D83
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 131)
HSL	hsl(161, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(161, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 16.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -31.99, 5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 32.53, 169.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0902 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.092 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8995, 27.1674, 25.7162)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D83 #9D4963

analogous

#499D59 #499D83 #498D9D

triadic

#499D83 #83499D #9D8349

tetradic

#499D83 #59499D #9D4963 #8D9D49

square

#499D83 #59499D #9D4963 #8D9D49

split-complementary

#499D83 #9D498D #9D5949

monochromatic

#22493D #367360 #499D83 #6ABAA1 #93CDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#499D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#499D83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D83

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D83	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.091 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baa7',
    500: '#499d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d83;
$custom-light: #82baa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.429,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63617,
    "c": 0.0915,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D83

secondary

#B98998

accent

#5B7ECD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D83

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

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