#498B59#498B59

#498B59 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.102 H 150.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B59
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(135, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(135, 47%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -32.62, 20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 38.48, 147.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.0888 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.102 150)
XYZ	xyz(13.7826, 20.6020, 12.6996)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498B59 #8B497B

analogous

#5A8B49 #498B59 #498B7A

triadic

#498B59 #59498B #8B5949

tetradic

#498B59 #495A8B #8B497B #8B7A49

square

#498B59 #495A8B #8B497B #8B7A49

split-complementary

#498B59 #7A498B #8B495A

monochromatic

#1F3B26 #34633F #498B59 #64AD76 #8CC399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#498B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#498B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B59

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B59	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.102 150.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ad88',
    500: '#498b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b59;
$custom-light: #80ad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.545,
    "s": 31.132,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57928,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 150
  },
  "luminance": 0.20603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B59

secondary

#AE81A3

accent

#60AEC7

background

#F8FAF8

surface

#EFF4F0

border

#CACECB

text

#0A100B

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B59

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

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