#499E99#499E99

#499E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.083 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499E99
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(176, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, -26.83, -5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 27.33, 190.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0812 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.083 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7219, 28.1681, 34.4758)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499E99 #9E494E

analogous

#499E6F #499E99 #49789E

triadic

#499E99 #99499E #9E9949

tetradic

#499E99 #6F499E #9E494E #789E49

square

#499E99 #6F499E #9E494E #789E49

split-complementary

#499E99 #9E4978 #9E6F49

monochromatic

#224A48 #367470 #499E99 #6ABAB5 #94CECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#499E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#499E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499E99

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499E99	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.083 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbb7',
    500: '#499e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499e99;
$custom-light: #84bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64555,
    "c": 0.0825,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499E99

secondary

#BA898C

accent

#5B62CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #499E99

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

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