#498D7F#498D7F

#498D7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.073 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498D7F
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 127)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -25.17, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 25.18, 178.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.073 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.073 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1017, 21.9972, 23.4719)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498D7F #8D4957

analogous

#498D5D #498D7F #49798D

triadic

#498D7F #7F498D #8D7F49

tetradic

#498D7F #5D498D #8D4957 #798D49

square

#498D7F #5D498D #8D4957 #798D49

split-complementary

#498D7F #8D4979 #8D5D49

monochromatic

#1F3C36 #34655B #498D7F #64AFA0 #8DC4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#498D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#498D7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498D7F

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498D7F	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)

#88867E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7E80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.073 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aea4',
    500: '#498d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498d7f;
$custom-light: #81aea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59446,
    "c": 0.07299,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498D7F

secondary

#B0828C

accent

#6075C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498D7F

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

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