#499D9C#499D9C

#499D9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.081 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D9C
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -25.51, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 26.51, 195.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0787 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.081 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8029, 27.9288, 35.7405)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D9C #9D494A

analogous

#499D72 #499D9C #49749D

triadic

#499D9C #9C499D #9D9C49

tetradic

#499D9C #72499D #9D494A #749D49

square

#499D9C #72499D #9D494A #749D49

split-complementary

#499D9C #9D4974 #9D7249

monochromatic

#224949 #367372 #499D9C #6ABAB9 #93CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#499D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#499D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D9C

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D9C	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.081 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bab9',
    500: '#499d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d9c;
$custom-light: #84bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.286,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6441,
    "c": 0.08123,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D9C

secondary

#B98989

accent

#5B5DCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D9C

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

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