#499D99#499D99

#499D99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.082 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D99
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -26.33, -5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 26.93, 192.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0801 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.082 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5520, 27.8284, 34.4192)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D99 #9D494D

analogous

#499D6F #499D99 #49779D

triadic

#499D99 #99499D #9D9949

tetradic

#499D99 #6F499D #9D494D #779D49

square

#499D99 #6F499D #9D494D #779D49

split-complementary

#499D99 #9D4977 #9D6F49

monochromatic

#224948 #367370 #499D99 #6ABAB6 #93CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#499D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#499D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D99

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D99	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.082 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bab7',
    500: '#499d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d99;
$custom-light: #84bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64307,
    "c": 0.0816,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D99

secondary

#B9898B

accent

#5B61CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D99

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

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