#498B83#498B83

#498B83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.069 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498B83
RGBrgb(73, 139, 131)
HSLhsl(173, 31%, 42%)
HSVhsv(173, 47%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(47.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(53.51, -23.12, -2.25)
CIE-LCHlch(53.51, 23.22, 185.56°)
OKLaboklab(59.07% -0.0686 -0.0064)
OKLCHoklch(59.07% 0.069 185.3)
XYZxyz(16.0753, 21.5191, 24.7748)
Luminance0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498B83 #8B4951
analogous
#498B62 #498B83 #49728B
triadic
#498B83 #83498B #8B8349
tetradic
#498B83 #62498B #8B4951 #728B49
square
#498B83 #62498B #8B4951 #728B49
split-complementary
#498B83 #8B4972 #8B6249
monochromatic
#1F3B37 #34635D #498B83 #64ADA5 #8CC3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96
#498B83 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30
#498B83 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B83
5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498B83#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498B831.003.965.305.30
#FFFFFF3.961.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3021.001.001.00
##0000005.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#858583
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A7C84
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2A8E88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.069 185.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ada7',
    500: '#498b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498b83;
$custom-light: #81ada7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.727,
    "s": 31.132,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59071,
    "c": 0.06895,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498B83
secondary
#AE8187
accent
#606DC7
background
#F8FAFA
surface
#EFF4F4
border
#CACECE
text
#0B100F
muted
#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B83

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#498B83 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva