#499B9B#499B9B

#499B9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.080 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B9B
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -24.77, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 25.92, 197.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0769 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.08 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3829, 27.2238, 35.1846)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B9B #9B4949

analogous

#499B72 #499B9B #49729B

triadic

#499B9B #9B499B #9B9B49

tetradic

#499B9B #72499B #9B4949 #729B49

square

#499B9B #72499B #9B4949 #729B49

split-complementary

#499B9B #9B4972 #9B7249

monochromatic

#224848 #357171 #499B9B #69B8B8 #93CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#499B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#499B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B9B

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B9B	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.080 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8b8',
    500: '#499b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b9b;
$custom-light: #83b8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63881,
    "c": 0.0797,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B9B

secondary

#B88888

accent

#5C5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B9B

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

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