#498E80#498E80

#498E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.074 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E80
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 128)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -25.42, 0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 25.43, 178.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% -0.0737 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.074 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3153, 22.3196, 23.8662)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E80 #8E4957

analogous

#498E5E #498E80 #497A8E

triadic

#498E80 #80498E #8E8049

tetradic

#498E80 #5E498E #8E4957 #7A8E49

square

#498E80 #5E498E #8E4957 #7A8E49

split-complementary

#498E80 #8E497A #8E5E49

monochromatic

#1F3D37 #34665C #498E80 #65B0A0 #8DC4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#498E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#498E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E80

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E80	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89877F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.074 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afa4',
    500: '#498e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e80;
$custom-light: #81afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.826,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5973,
    "c": 0.07375,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E80

secondary

#B0838C

accent

#6075C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E80

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

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