#498C8A#498C8A

#498C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.068 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498C8A
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, -21.76, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 22.45, 194.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0667 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.068 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7113, 22.0062, 27.4068)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498C8A #8C494B

analogous

#498C69 #498C8A #496D8C

triadic

#498C8A #8A498C #8C8A49

tetradic

#498C8A #69498C #8C494B #6D8C49

square

#498C8A #69498C #8C494B #6D8C49

split-complementary

#498C8A #8C496D #8C6949

monochromatic

#1F3C3B #346462 #498C8A #64AEAC #8CC3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#498C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#498C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498C8A

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498C8A	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#258F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.068 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeac',
    500: '#498c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498c8a;
$custom-light: #81aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.209,
    "s": 31.455,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5956,
    "c": 0.06842,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498C8A

secondary

#AF8283

accent

#6063C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498C8A

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

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