#498D8F#498D8F

#498D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.069 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498D8F
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -20.91, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 22.29, 200.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0657 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.069 198)
XYZ	xyz(17.2285, 22.4479, 29.4063)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498D8F #8F4B49

analogous

#498F6E #498D8F #496A8F

triadic

#498D8F #8F498D #8D8F49

tetradic

#498D8F #6E498F #8F4B49 #6A8F49

square

#498D8F #6E498F #8F4B49 #6A8F49

split-complementary

#498D8F #8F496A #8F6E49

monochromatic

#203D3E #346566 #498D8F #65AEB0 #8DC3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#498D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#498D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498D8F

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498D8F	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85888F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.069 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeaf',
    500: '#498d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498d8f;
$custom-light: #81aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 32.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59986,
    "c": 0.06903,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.22449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498D8F

secondary

#B18483

accent

#625FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498D8F

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

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