#499E9E#499E9E

#499E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.082 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499E9E
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -25.45, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 26.63, 197.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.079 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.082 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1435, 28.3368, 36.6964)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499E9E #9E4949

analogous

#499E73 #499E9E #49739E

triadic

#499E9E #9E499E #9E9E49

tetradic

#499E9E #73499E #9E4949 #739E49

square

#499E9E #73499E #9E4949 #739E49

split-complementary

#499E9E #9E4973 #9E7349

monochromatic

#224A4A #367474 #499E9E #6ABABA #94CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#499E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#499E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499E9E

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499E9E	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.082 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbba',
    500: '#499e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499e9e;
$custom-light: #84bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64727,
    "c": 0.08189,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499E9E

secondary

#BA8989

accent

#5B5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #499E9E

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

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