#498E6E#498E6E

#498E6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.087 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E6E
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 110)
HSL	hsl(152, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(152, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -29.72, 10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 31.50, 160.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0823 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.087 162)
XYZ	xyz(15.2339, 21.8871, 18.1707)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E6E #8E4969

analogous

#498E4C #498E6E #498C8E

triadic

#498E6E #6E498E #8E6E49

tetradic

#498E6E #4C498E #8E4969 #8C8E49

square

#498E6E #4C498E #8E4969 #8C8E49

split-complementary

#498E6E #8E498C #8E4C49

monochromatic

#1F3D2F #34664F #498E6E #65B08D #8DC4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#498E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#498E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E6E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E6E	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C856C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827E70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.087 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80af97',
    500: '#498e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e6e;
$custom-light: #80af97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.174,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59208,
    "c": 0.08656,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.21888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E6E

secondary

#B08398

accent

#6090C8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E6E

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

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