#499E8A#499E8A

#499E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.088 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499E8A
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -30.75, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 30.86, 175.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0881 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.088 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5599, 27.7034, 28.3563)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499E8A #9E495D

analogous

#499E5F #499E8A #49889E

triadic

#499E8A #8A499E #9E8A49

tetradic

#499E8A #5F499E #9E495D #889E49

square

#499E8A #5F499E #9E495D #889E49

split-complementary

#499E8A #9E4988 #9E5F49

monochromatic

#224A41 #367465 #499E8A #6ABAA7 #94CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#499E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#499E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499E8A

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499E8A	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.088 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbac',
    500: '#499e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499e8a;
$custom-light: #83bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64075,
    "c": 0.08835,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499E8A

secondary

#BA8995

accent

#5B76CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499E8A

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

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