#498C83#498C83

#498C83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.070 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498C83
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 131)
HSL	hsl(172, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 6.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -23.63, -1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 23.70, 184.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% -0.0699 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.07 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2208, 21.8100, 24.8233)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498C83 #8C4952

analogous

#498C62 #498C83 #49748C

triadic

#498C83 #83498C #8C8349

tetradic

#498C83 #62498C #8C4952 #748C49

square

#498C83 #62498C #8C4952 #748C49

split-complementary

#498C83 #8C4974 #8C6249

monochromatic

#1F3C38 #34645D #498C83 #64AEA4 #8CC3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#498C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#498C83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498C83

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498C83	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.070 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aea7',
    500: '#498c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498c83;
$custom-light: #81aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.94,
    "s": 31.455,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59322,
    "c": 0.07007,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498C83

secondary

#AF8288

accent

#606EC8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498C83

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

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