#498D97#498D97

#498D97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.070 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498D97
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 151)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -18.64, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 22.14, 212.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0622 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.07 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8562, 22.6990, 32.7125)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498D97 #975349

analogous

#49977A #498D97 #496697

triadic

#498D97 #97498D #8D9749

tetradic

#498D97 #7A4997 #975349 #669749

square

#498D97 #7A4997 #975349 #669749

split-complementary

#498D97 #974966 #977A49

monochromatic

#214044 #35666E #498D97 #67ACB6 #91C2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#498D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#498D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498D97

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498D97	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.070 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aeb5',
    500: '#498d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498d97;
$custom-light: #82aeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 34.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60283,
    "c": 0.07038,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498D97

secondary

#B68C86

accent

#6B5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #498D97

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

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