#499C99#499C99

#499C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.081 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C99
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -25.83, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 26.55, 193.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0789 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.081 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3835, 27.4914, 34.3630)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C99 #9C494C

analogous

#499C6F #499C99 #49769C

triadic

#499C99 #99499C #9C9949

tetradic

#499C99 #6F499C #9C494C #769C49

square

#499C99 #6F499C #9C494C #769C49

split-complementary

#499C99 #9C4976 #9C6F49

monochromatic

#224947 #357270 #499C99 #69B9B6 #93CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#499C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#499C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C99

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C99	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)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.081 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b7',
    500: '#499c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c99;
$custom-light: #83b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.831,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64059,
    "c": 0.08072,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C99

secondary

#B8888A

accent

#5C60CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C99

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

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