Colour

#499F75

#499F75
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#499F75 is a cyan with RGB values 73, 159, 117 and HSL 151°, 37%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#499F75#499F75

HEX#499F75

RGBrgb(73, 159, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.6235, 0.4588

RGB percentages28.6%, 62.4%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(150.7, 37.1%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(150.7, 54.1%, 62.4%)

CMYK54.1%, 0%, 26.4%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,824,949

CSS custom property--colour: #499F75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.5:1

Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#B6608A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D9473no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#918C78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Tritanopia#2C9E94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 10.5 Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9F4973

Analogous#499F4A, #499E9F

Triadic#75499F, #9F7549

Split complementary#9F499E, #9F4A49

Tetradic#4A499F, #9F4973, #9E9F49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CCE8DA

Lighter +30%#A9D8C1

Lighter +20%#86C8A8

Lighter +10%#63B88E

Darker −10%#397C5B

Darker −20%#295942

Darker −30%#193628

Darker −40%#09130E

More saturated +25%#2CBC76

Less saturated −25%#668274

Channel breakdown

R73

G159

B117

Red73 (28.6%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue150.7°

Saturation (HSL)37.07%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 49 · G 9F · B 75

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Colour values

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