#498B70#498B70

#498B70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.080 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B70
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 112)
HSL	hsl(155, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(155, 47%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 19.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, -27.81, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 28.94, 163.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0776 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.08 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9036, 21.0504, 18.6039)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498B70 #8B4964

analogous

#498B4F #498B70 #49858B

triadic

#498B70 #70498B #8B7049

tetradic

#498B70 #4F498B #8B4964 #858B49

square

#498B70 #4F498B #8B4964 #858B49

split-complementary

#498B70 #8B4985 #8B4F49

monochromatic

#1F3B2F #346350 #498B70 #64AD8F #8CC3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#498B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#498B70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B70

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B70	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89836F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.080 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ad99',
    500: '#498b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b70;
$custom-light: #80ad99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.455,
    "s": 31.132,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58491,
    "c": 0.08032,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B70

secondary

#AE8194

accent

#608BC7

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B70

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

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