#498B72#498B72

#498B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.079 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B72
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 114)
HSL	hsl(157, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(157, 47%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -27.35, 6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 28.21, 165.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0767 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.079 167)
XYZ	xyz(15.0162, 21.0954, 19.1969)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498B72 #8B4962

analogous

#498B51 #498B72 #49838B

triadic

#498B72 #72498B #8B7249

tetradic

#498B72 #51498B #8B4962 #838B49

square

#498B72 #51498B #8B4962 #838B49

split-complementary

#498B72 #8B4983 #8B5149

monochromatic

#1F3B30 #346351 #498B72 #64AD92 #8CC3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#498B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#498B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B72

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B72	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7C74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.079 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ad9a',
    500: '#498b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b72;
$custom-light: #80ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.273,
    "s": 31.132,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58548,
    "c": 0.07872,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.21097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B72

secondary

#AE8192

accent

#6087C7

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B72

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

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