#499F8A#499F8A

#499F8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.090 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499F8A
RGB	rgb(73, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(165, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -31.23, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 31.38, 174.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0893 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.09 175)
XYZ	xyz(19.7312, 28.0459, 28.4134)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499F8A #9F495E

analogous

#499F5F #499F8A #49899F

triadic

#499F8A #8A499F #9F8A49

tetradic

#499F8A #5F499F #9F495E #899F49

square

#499F8A #5F499F #9F495E #899F49

split-complementary

#499F8A #9F4989 #9F5F49

monochromatic

#224B41 #367566 #499F8A #6ABBA7 #94CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#499F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#499F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499F8A

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499F8A	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.090 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcac',
    500: '#499f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499f8a;
$custom-light: #83bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.349,
    "s": 37.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64327,
    "c": 0.08961,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.28048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499F8A

secondary

#BA8A96

accent

#5B77CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499F8A

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

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