#498C99#498C99

#498C99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.071 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498C99
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 153)
HSL	hsl(190, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -17.52, -13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 22.10, 217.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0601 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.071 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8733, 22.4710, 33.5263)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498C99 #995649

analogous

#49997E #498C99 #496499

triadic

#498C99 #99498C #8C9949

tetradic

#498C99 #7E4999 #995649 #649949

square

#498C99 #7E4999 #995649 #649949

split-complementary

#498C99 #994964 #997E49

monochromatic

#214046 #356670 #498C99 #68AAB7 #92C2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#498C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#498C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498C99

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498C99	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.071 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adb7',
    500: '#498c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498c99;
$custom-light: #82adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.75,
    "s": 35.398,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60115,
    "c": 0.0707,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498C99

secondary

#B78F87

accent

#6E5CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #498C99

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

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