#499990#499990

#499990 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.080 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499990
RGB	rgb(73, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(173, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 5.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -26.76, -2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 26.90, 185.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0795 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.08 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1708, 26.2108, 30.4291)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499990 #994952

analogous

#499968 #499990 #497A99

triadic

#499990 #904999 #999049

tetradic

#499990 #684999 #994952 #7A9949

square

#499990 #684999 #994952 #7A9949

split-complementary

#499990 #99497A #996849

monochromatic

#214642 #357069 #499990 #68B7AE #92CBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#499990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#499990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499990

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499990	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.080 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7b0',
    500: '#499990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499990;
$custom-light: #83b7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.25,
    "s": 35.398,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6301,
    "c": 0.07988,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499990

secondary

#B7878C

accent

#5C69CB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499990

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

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