Information about #499B9C color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#499B9C falls into the Cyan Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(73, 155, 156) — 28.6% red, 60.8% green, 61.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 33 / 0 / 0 / 39. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #499B9C reads as a moderately toned water-like cyan and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Wot Eva (#4495A4). Slightly further away sit Moderate Arctic Blue (#4A9CA8) and Such Fun (#489EA8).

In RGB terms — rgb(73, 155, 156) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #499B9C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#499B9C color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#499B9C color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#499B9C color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#499B9C color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#499B9C color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#499B9C color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #499B9C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Wot Eva color link
Wot Eva

#4495A4

Moderate Arctic Blue color link
Moderate Arctic Blue

#4A9CA8

Such Fun color link
Such Fun

#489EA8

Deep Seafoam color link
Deep Seafoam

#55979C

Moderate Opal color link
Moderate Opal

#4AA89C

Patriot color link
Patriot

#4F9292

Moderate Cerulean color link
Moderate Cerulean

#4A91A8

Sea color link
Sea

#3C9992

Moderate Turquoise color link
Moderate Turquoise

#4AA891

Moderate Cyan color link
Moderate Cyan

#4AA8A8

Hippie Blue color link
Hippie Blue

#49889A

Blue Chill color link
Blue Chill

#408F90

#499B9C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#499B9C
  • RGB73, 155, 156
  • CMYK33, 0, 0, 39
  • CSSrgb(73, 155, 156)
  • HSL181°, 36%, 45%
  • HSL Precise180.723°, 36.245%, 44.902%
  • HSV181°, 53%, 61%
  • HSB181°, 53%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.612
  • GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.608, 0.612)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.608, 0.612, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.608, 0.612)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB61.2%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID499B9C
  • DECIMAL ID4823964
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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