#498E82#498E82

#498E82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.073 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E82
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 130)
HSL	hsl(170, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(170, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -24.90, -0.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 24.91, 180.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0728 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.073 181)
XYZ	xyz(16.4483, 22.3728, 24.5664)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E82 #8E4955

analogous

#498E60 #498E82 #49788E

triadic

#498E82 #82498E #8E8249

tetradic

#498E82 #60498E #8E4955 #788E49

square

#498E82 #60498E #8E4955 #788E49

split-complementary

#498E82 #8E4978 #8E6049

monochromatic

#1F3D38 #34665D #498E82 #65B0A3 #8DC4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#498E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#498E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E82

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E82	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.073 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afa6',
    500: '#498e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e82;
$custom-light: #81afa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59794,
    "c": 0.07281,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.22374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E82

secondary

#B0838B

accent

#6072C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E82

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

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