#498A8A#498A8A

#498A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.067 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498A8A
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, -20.71, -6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 21.70, 197.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0642 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.067 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4218, 21.4270, 27.3103)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498A8A #8A4949

analogous

#498A6A #498A8A #496A8A

triadic

#498A8A #8A498A #8A8A49

tetradic

#498A8A #6A498A #8A4949 #6A8A49

square

#498A8A #6A498A #8A4949 #6A8A49

split-complementary

#498A8A #8A496A #8A6A49

monochromatic

#1F3A3A #346262 #498A8A #63ADAD #8BC2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#498A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#498A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498A8A

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498A8A	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#258E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.067 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acac',
    500: '#498a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498a8a;
$custom-light: #81acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59061,
    "c": 0.06665,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498A8A

secondary

#AE8181

accent

#6161C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498A8A

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

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