#499B99#499B99

#499B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.080 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B99
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -25.33, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 26.17, 194.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0777 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.08 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2164, 27.1572, 34.3073)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B99 #9B494B

analogous

#499B70 #499B99 #49749B

triadic

#499B99 #99499B #9B9949

tetradic

#499B99 #70499B #9B494B #749B49

square

#499B99 #70499B #9B494B #749B49

split-complementary

#499B99 #9B4974 #9B7049

monochromatic

#224847 #357170 #499B99 #69B8B6 #93CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#499B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#499B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B99

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B99	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#059F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.080 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b7',
    500: '#499b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b99;
$custom-light: #83b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.537,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63811,
    "c": 0.07986,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B99

secondary

#B88889

accent

#5C5FCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B99

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

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