#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
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 131)
HSL	hsl(173, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 47%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -23.12, -2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 23.22, 185.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% -0.0686 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.069 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0753, 21.5191, 24.7748)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##498B83	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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