#498E83#498E83

#498E83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.072 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E83
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 131)
HSL	hsl(170, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(170, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 7.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, -24.65, -0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 24.66, 182.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% -0.0723 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.072 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5157, 22.3998, 24.9216)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E83 #8E4954

analogous

#498E61 #498E83 #49778E

triadic

#498E83 #83498E #8E8349

tetradic

#498E83 #61498E #8E4954 #778E49

square

#498E83 #61498E #8E4954 #778E49

split-complementary

#498E83 #8E4977 #8E6149

monochromatic

#1F3D38 #34665E #498E83 #65B0A4 #8DC4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#498E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#498E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E83

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E83	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.072 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afa7',
    500: '#498e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e83;
$custom-light: #81afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.435,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59826,
    "c": 0.07238,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E83

secondary

#B0838A

accent

#6070C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E83

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

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