#499D9D#499D9D

#499D9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.081 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D9D
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -25.23, -7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 26.39, 197.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0783 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.081 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8879, 27.9628, 36.1883)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D9D #9D4949

analogous

#499D73 #499D9D #49739D

triadic

#499D9D #9D499D #9D9D49

tetradic

#499D9D #73499D #9D4949 #739D49

square

#499D9D #73499D #9D4949 #739D49

split-complementary

#499D9D #9D4973 #9D7349

monochromatic

#224949 #367373 #499D9D #6ABABA #93CDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#499D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#499D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D9D

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D9D	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)

#94969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.081 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bab9',
    500: '#499d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d9d;
$custom-light: #84bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64445,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D9D

secondary

#B98989

accent

#5B5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D9D

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

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