#498E7A#498E7A

#498E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.077 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E7A
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 122)
HSL	hsl(163, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(163, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 14.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -26.91, 3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 27.20, 171.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.0766 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.077 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9320, 22.1663, 21.8475)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E7A #8E495D

analogous

#498E58 #498E7A #49808E

triadic

#498E7A #7A498E #8E7A49

tetradic

#498E7A #58498E #8E495D #808E49

square

#498E7A #58498E #8E495D #808E49

split-complementary

#498E7A #8E4980 #8E5849

monochromatic

#1F3D35 #346657 #498E7A #65B09A #8DC4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#498E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#498E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E7A

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E7A	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	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)

#8A8679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.077 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa0',
    500: '#498e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e7a;
$custom-light: #80afa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.609,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59546,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E7A

secondary

#B08390

accent

#607EC8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E7A

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

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