#499D9E#499D9E

#499D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.081 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D9E
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -24.95, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 26.29, 198.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0778 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.081 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9736, 27.9971, 36.6398)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D9E #9E4A49

analogous

#499E74 #499D9E #49729E

triadic

#499D9E #9E499D #9D9E49

tetradic

#499D9E #74499E #9E4A49 #729E49

square

#499D9E #74499E #9E4A49 #729E49

split-complementary

#499D9E #9E4972 #9E7449

monochromatic

#224A4A #367374 #499D9E #6AB9BA #94CDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#499D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#499D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D9E

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D9E	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.081 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84baba',
    500: '#499d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d9e;
$custom-light: #84baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.706,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64481,
    "c": 0.08113,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D9E

secondary

#BA8A89

accent

#5C5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D9E

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

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