#498D91#498D91

#498D91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.069 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498D91
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 145)
HSL	hsl(183, 33%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(183, 50%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, -20.35, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 22.16, 203.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0648 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.069 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3813, 22.5091, 30.2113)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498D91 #914D49

analogous

#499171 #498D91 #496991

triadic

#498D91 #91498D #8D9149

tetradic

#498D91 #714991 #914D49 #699149

square

#498D91 #714991 #914D49 #699149

split-complementary

#498D91 #914969 #917149

monochromatic

#203E40 #356568 #498D91 #65ADB2 #8EC3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#498D91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#498D91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498D91

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498D91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498D91	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498d91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.069 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aeb1',
    500: '#498d91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498d91;
$custom-light: #82aeb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498d91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 33.028,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60059,
    "c": 0.06916,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498D91

secondary

#B28684

accent

#655FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F5

border

#CACECF

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498D91

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

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