#498D7C#498D7C

#498D7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.075 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498D7C
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 124)
HSL	hsl(165, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(165, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 12.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -25.92, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 26.03, 174.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0744 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.075 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9091, 21.9202, 22.4575)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498D7C #8D495A

analogous

#498D5A #498D7C #497C8D

triadic

#498D7C #7C498D #8D7C49

tetradic

#498D7C #5A498D #8D495A #7C8D49

square

#498D7C #5A498D #8D495A #7C8D49

split-complementary

#498D7C #8D497C #8D5A49

monochromatic

#1F3C35 #346559 #498D7C #64AF9C #8DC4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#498D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#498D7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498D7C

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498D7C	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)

#89867B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.075 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea1',
    500: '#498d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498d7c;
$custom-light: #80aea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59352,
    "c": 0.07463,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498D7C

secondary

#B0828E

accent

#607AC8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #498D7C

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

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