#499c91

Color #499c91

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.14 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#499c91

RGB

rgb(73, 156, 145)

HSL

hsl(172, 36.2%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172, 53.2%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(59.19, -27.98, -1.93)

LCH

lch(59.19, 28.05, 183.95)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0827, 183.88)

HWB

hwb(172, 28.6%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c4954

Analogous

#499c67

#499c91

#497e9c

Triadic

#499c91

#91499c

#9c9149

Split-complementary

#499c91

#9c497e

#9c6749

Tetradic

#499c91

#49549c

#9c4954

#9c9149

Square

#499c91

#67499c

#9c4954

#7e9c49

Shades

Color #499c91 mixed toward black.

#3d8279

#316861

#254e48

#183430

#0c1a18

Tints

Color #499c91 mixed toward white.

#60b4a9

#7fc3ba

#9fd2cb

#bfe1dd

#dff0ee

Tones

Color #499c91 mixed toward gray.

#50958c

#578e87

#5e8782

#65807d

#6c7978

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#767794 · ΔE 28.2

Deuteranopia

#716b94 · ΔE 32

Tritanopia

#509696 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #499c91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#499c91]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#499c91 (#499c91) is rgb(73, 156, 145) in RGB.

No, #499c91 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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