#499C90#499C90

#499C90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.083 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C90
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 144)
HSL	hsl(171, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 7.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -28.24, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 28.28, 182.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.083 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.083 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6680, 27.2052, 30.5948)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C90 #9C4955

analogous

#499C66 #499C90 #497F9C

triadic

#499C90 #90499C #9C9049

tetradic

#499C90 #66499C #9C4955 #7F9C49

square

#499C90 #66499C #9C4955 #7F9C49

split-complementary

#499C90 #9C497F #9C6649

monochromatic

#224943 #35726A #499C90 #69B9AD #93CCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#499C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#499C90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C90

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C90	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.083 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b0',
    500: '#499c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c90;
$custom-light: #83b9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.325,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63759,
    "c": 0.0831,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C90

secondary

#B8888F

accent

#5C6CCC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C90

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

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