#498B73#498B73

#498B73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.078 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B73
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 115)
HSL	hsl(158, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(158, 47%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 17.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -27.11, 6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 27.85, 166.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0762 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.078 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0735, 21.1183, 19.4983)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498B73 #8B4961

analogous

#498B52 #498B73 #49828B

triadic

#498B73 #73498B #8B7349

tetradic

#498B73 #52498B #8B4961 #828B49

square

#498B73 #52498B #8B4961 #828B49

split-complementary

#498B73 #8B4982 #8B5249

monochromatic

#1F3B31 #346352 #498B73 #64AD93 #8CC3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#498B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#498B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B73

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B73	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)

#888372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7C75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.078 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ad9b',
    500: '#498b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b73;
$custom-light: #80ad9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 31.132,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58576,
    "c": 0.07794,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B73

secondary

#AE8192

accent

#6086C7

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B73

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

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