#499D8D#499D8D

#499D8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.086 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D8D
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -29.51, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 29.51, 178.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0855 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.086 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6102, 27.4517, 29.4594)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D8D #9D4959

analogous

#499D63 #499D8D #49839D

triadic

#499D8D #8D499D #9D8D49

tetradic

#499D8D #63499D #9D4959 #839D49

square

#499D8D #63499D #9D4959 #839D49

split-complementary

#499D8D #9D4983 #9D6349

monochromatic

#224942 #367367 #499D8D #6ABAAA #93CDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#499D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#499D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D8D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D8D	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.086 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83baae',
    500: '#499d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d8d;
$custom-light: #83baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63915,
    "c": 0.08556,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D8D

secondary

#B98992

accent

#5B71CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D8D

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

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