#498E84#498E84

#498E84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.072 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E84
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 132)
HSL	hsl(171, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, -24.39, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 24.43, 183.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0719 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.072 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5838, 22.4270, 25.2803)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E84 #8E4953

analogous

#498E61 #498E84 #49768E

triadic

#498E84 #84498E #8E8449

tetradic

#498E84 #61498E #8E4953 #768E49

square

#498E84 #61498E #8E4953 #768E49

split-complementary

#498E84 #8E4976 #8E6149

monochromatic

#1F3D39 #34665E #498E84 #65B0A5 #8DC4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#498E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#498E84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E84

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E84	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.072 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afa7',
    500: '#498e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e84;
$custom-light: #81afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.304,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59858,
    "c": 0.07199,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E84

secondary

#B08389

accent

#606FC8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E84

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

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