#498E79#498E79

#498E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.078 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E79
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, -27.16, 4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 27.53, 170.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% -0.077 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.078 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8704, 22.1417, 21.5229)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E79 #8E495E

analogous

#498E57 #498E79 #49818E

triadic

#498E79 #79498E #8E7949

tetradic

#498E79 #57498E #8E495E #818E49

square

#498E79 #57498E #8E495E #818E49

split-complementary

#498E79 #8E4981 #8E5749

monochromatic

#1F3D34 #346657 #498E79 #65B099 #8DC4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#498E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#498E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E79

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E79	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.078 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80af9f',
    500: '#498e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e79;
$custom-light: #80af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59516,
    "c": 0.07789,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E79

secondary

#B08390

accent

#607FC8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E79

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

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