#498E7C#498E7C

#498E7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.076 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E7C
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 124)
HSL	hsl(164, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(164, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 12.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, -26.42, 2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 26.58, 173.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% -0.0756 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.076 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0572, 22.2164, 22.5069)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E7C #8E495B

analogous

#498E5A #498E7C #497E8E

triadic

#498E7C #7C498E #8E7C49

tetradic

#498E7C #5A498E #8E495B #7E8E49

square

#498E7C #5A498E #8E495B #7E8E49

split-complementary

#498E7C #8E497E #8E5A49

monochromatic

#1F3D35 #346659 #498E7C #65B09C #8DC4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#498E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#498E7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E7C

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E7C	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A867B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.076 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afa1',
    500: '#498e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e7c;
$custom-light: #81afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.348,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59606,
    "c": 0.07596,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E7C

secondary

#B0838E

accent

#607BC8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E7C

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

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