#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
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 120)
HSL	hsl(161, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(161, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 15.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -27.40, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 27.86, 169.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% -0.0775 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.079 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8094, 22.1173, 21.2016)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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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
##498E78	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E78

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

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