#498D75#498D75

#498D75 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.079 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498D75
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 117)
HSL	hsl(159, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(159, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 17%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -27.62, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 28.31, 167.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0777 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.079 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4820, 21.7493, 20.2084)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498D75 #8D4961

analogous

#498D53 #498D75 #49838D

triadic

#498D75 #75498D #8D7549

tetradic

#498D75 #53498D #8D4961 #838D49

square

#498D75 #53498D #8D4961 #838D49

split-complementary

#498D75 #8D4983 #8D5349

monochromatic

#1F3C32 #346554 #498D75 #64AF95 #8DC4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#498D75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#498D75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498D75

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498D75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498D75	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498d75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.079 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ae9c',
    500: '#498d75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498d75;
$custom-light: #80ae9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498d75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59145,
    "c": 0.07934,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498D75

secondary

#B08292

accent

#6085C8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #498D75

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

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