#498B95#498B95

#498B95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.069 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B95
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 149)
HSL	hsl(188, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 51%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -18.15, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 21.66, 213.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0606 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.069 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4030, 22.0501, 31.7669)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498B95 #955349

analogous

#499579 #498B95 #496595

triadic

#498B95 #95498B #8B9549

tetradic

#498B95 #794995 #955349 #659549

square

#498B95 #794995 #955349 #659549

split-complementary

#498B95 #954965 #957949

monochromatic

#213E43 #35656C #498B95 #67AAB4 #90C1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#498B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#498B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B95

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B95	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.069 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adb4',
    500: '#498b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b95;
$custom-light: #82adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 34.234,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59715,
    "c": 0.06884,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B95

secondary

#B48C85

accent

#6C5DCA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B95

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

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