#499D9F#499D9F

#499D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.081 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D9F
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -24.67, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 26.19, 199.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0774 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.081 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0600, 28.0316, 37.0950)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D9F #9F4B49

analogous

#499F76 #499D9F #49729F

triadic

#499D9F #9F499D #9D9F49

tetradic

#499D9F #76499F #9F4B49 #729F49

square

#499D9F #76499F #9F4B49 #729F49

split-complementary

#499D9F #9F4972 #9F7649

monochromatic

#224A4B #367475 #499D9F #6AB9BB #94CDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#499D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#499D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D9F

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D9F	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.081 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84babb',
    500: '#499d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d9f;
$custom-light: #84babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.395,
    "s": 37.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64516,
    "c": 0.08113,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D9F

secondary

#BA8B8A

accent

#5D5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D9F

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

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