#499D8A#499D8A

#499D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.087 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D8A
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -30.27, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 30.35, 175.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0869 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.087 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3901, 27.3636, 28.2997)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D8A #9D495C

analogous

#499D60 #499D8A #49869D

triadic

#499D8A #8A499D #9D8A49

tetradic

#499D8A #60499D #9D495C #869D49

square

#499D8A #60499D #9D495C #869D49

split-complementary

#499D8A #9D4986 #9D6049

monochromatic

#224941 #367365 #499D8A #6ABAA7 #93CDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#499D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#499D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D8A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D8A	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.087 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83baac',
    500: '#499d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d8a;
$custom-light: #83baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.429,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63823,
    "c": 0.08712,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D8A

secondary

#B98994

accent

#5B75CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D8A

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

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