#499D85#499D85

#499D85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.090 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D85
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 133)
HSL	hsl(163, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 15.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -31.51, 4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 31.88, 171.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0893 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.09 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0364, 27.2222, 26.4370)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D85 #9D4961

analogous

#499D5B #499D85 #498B9D

triadic

#499D85 #85499D #9D8549

tetradic

#499D85 #5B499D #9D4961 #8B9D49

square

#499D85 #5B499D #9D4961 #8B9D49

split-complementary

#499D85 #9D498B #9D5B49

monochromatic

#22493E #367362 #499D85 #6ABAA3 #93CDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#499D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#499D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D85

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D85	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.090 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83baa8',
    500: '#499d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d85;
$custom-light: #83baa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63674,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D85

secondary

#B98997

accent

#5B7CCD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D85

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

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