#498E85#498E85

#498E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.072 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498E85
RGBrgb(73, 142, 133)
HSLhsl(172, 32%, 42%)
HSVhsv(172, 49%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(48.6%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(54.51, -24.12, -1.95)
CIE-LCHlch(54.51, 24.20, 184.61°)
OKLaboklab(59.89% -0.0714 -0.0056)
OKLCHoklch(59.89% 0.072 184.5)
XYZxyz(16.6526, 22.4545, 25.6424)
Luminance0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498E85 #8E4952
analogous
#498E63 #498E85 #49758E
triadic
#498E85 #85498E #8E8549
tetradic
#498E85 #63498E #8E4952 #758E49
square
#498E85 #63498E #8E4952 #758E49
split-complementary
#498E85 #8E4975 #8E6349
monochromatic
#1F3D39 #34665F #498E85 #65B0A6 #8DC4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82
#498E85 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49
#498E85 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E85
5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498E85#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498E851.003.825.495.49
#FFFFFF3.821.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4921.001.001.00
##0000005.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#888785
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D7F86
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#28918B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.072 184.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afa8',
    500: '#498e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498e85;
$custom-light: #81afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59891,
    "c": 0.07162,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498E85
secondary
#B08389
accent
#606DC8
background
#F8FAFA
surface
#EFF4F4
border
#CACECE
text
#0B100F
muted
#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E85

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#498E85 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva