#499B90#499B90

#499B90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.082 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499B90
RGB	rgb(73, 155, 144)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 7.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -27.75, -1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 27.81, 183.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0818 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.082 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5009, 26.8710, 30.5391)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499B90 #9B4954

analogous

#499B67 #499B90 #497D9B

triadic

#499B90 #90499B #9B9049

tetradic

#499B90 #67499B #9B4954 #7D9B49

square

#499B90 #67499B #9B4954 #7D9B49

split-complementary

#499B90 #9B497D #9B6749

monochromatic

#224843 #357169 #499B90 #69B8AE #93CCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#499B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#499B90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499B90

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499B90	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 155, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.082 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b0',
    500: '#499b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499b90;
$custom-light: #83b9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.951,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63509,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499B90

secondary

#B8888E

accent

#5C6BCC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499B90

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

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