#498C87#498C87

#498C87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.069 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498C87
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -22.57, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 22.91, 189.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% -0.068 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.069 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4971, 21.9205, 26.2787)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498C87 #8C494E

analogous

#498C66 #498C87 #49708C

triadic

#498C87 #87498C #8C8749

tetradic

#498C87 #66498C #8C494E #708C49

square

#498C87 #66498C #8C494E #708C49

split-complementary

#498C87 #8C4970 #8C6649

monochromatic

#1F3C39 #346460 #498C87 #64AEA9 #8CC3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#498C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#498C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498C87

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498C87	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.069 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aea9',
    500: '#498c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498c87;
$custom-light: #81aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.522,
    "s": 31.455,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59456,
    "c": 0.06892,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498C87

secondary

#AF8285

accent

#6068C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498C87

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

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