#498D8A#498D8A

#498D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.069 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498D8A
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -22.28, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 22.85, 192.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0679 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.069 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8581, 22.2998, 27.4557)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498D8A #8D494C

analogous

#498D68 #498D8A #496E8D

triadic

#498D8A #8A498D #8D8A49

tetradic

#498D8A #68498D #8D494C #6E8D49

square

#498D8A #68498D #8D494C #6E8D49

split-complementary

#498D8A #8D496E #8D6849

monochromatic

#1F3C3B #346563 #498D8A #64AFAC #8DC4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#498D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#498D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498D8A

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498D8A	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.069 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeac',
    500: '#498d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498d8a;
$custom-light: #81aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.353,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59809,
    "c": 0.06934,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498D8A

secondary

#B08284

accent

#6064C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498D8A

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

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