#498D79#498D79

#498D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.076 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498D79
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -26.66, 4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 26.97, 171.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0758 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.077 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7223, 21.8454, 21.4735)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498D79 #8D495D

analogous

#498D57 #498D79 #497F8D

triadic

#498D79 #79498D #8D7949

tetradic

#498D79 #57498D #8D495D #7F8D49

square

#498D79 #57498D #8D495D #7F8D49

split-complementary

#498D79 #8D497F #8D5749

monochromatic

#1F3C34 #346556 #498D79 #64AF99 #8DC4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#498D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#498D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498D79

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498D79	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.076 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ae9f',
    500: '#498d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498d79;
$custom-light: #80ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59262,
    "c": 0.0765,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498D79

secondary

#B08290

accent

#607EC8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #498D79

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

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