#498E78#498E78

#498E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.079 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498E78
RGBrgb(73, 142, 120)
HSLhsl(161, 32%, 42%)
HSVhsv(161, 49%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(48.6%, 0%, 15.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(54.15, -27.40, 5.03)
CIE-LCHlch(54.15, 27.86, 169.60°)
OKLaboklab(59.49% -0.0775 0.0129)
OKLCHoklch(59.49% 0.079 170.6)
XYZxyz(15.8094, 22.1173, 21.2016)
Luminance0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498E78 #8E495F
analogous
#498E56 #498E78 #49818E
triadic
#498E78 #78498E #8E7849
tetradic
#498E78 #56498E #8E495F #818E49
square
#498E78 #56498E #8E495F #818E49
split-complementary
#498E78 #8E4981 #8E5649
monochromatic
#1F3D34 #346656 #498E78 #65B098 #8DC4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87
#498E78 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42
#498E78 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E78
5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498E78#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498E781.003.875.425.42
#FFFFFF3.871.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4221.001.001.00
##0000005.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8B8677
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#807E79
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#308F88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.079 170.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80af9f',
    500: '#498e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498e78;
$custom-light: #80af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.87,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59487,
    "c": 0.07858,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498E78
secondary
#B08391
accent
#6081C8
background
#F8FAF9
surface
#EFF4F2
border
#CACECC
text
#0B100E
muted
#7C7F7E

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#498E78 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva