#499D8F#499D8F

#499D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.085 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D8F
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(170, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -28.99, -0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 28.99, 180.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0846 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.085 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7604, 27.5118, 30.2502)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D8F #9D4957

analogous

#499D65 #499D8F #49819D

triadic

#499D8F #8F499D #9D8F49

tetradic

#499D8F #65499D #9D4957 #819D49

square

#499D8F #65499D #9D4957 #819D49

split-complementary

#499D8F #9D4981 #9D6549

monochromatic

#224943 #367369 #499D8F #6ABAAC #93CDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#499D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#499D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D8F

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D8F	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.085 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83baaf',
    500: '#499d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d8f;
$custom-light: #83baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63978,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D8F

secondary

#B98991

accent

#5B6ECD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D8F

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

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