#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
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(172, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -24.12, -1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 24.20, 184.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% -0.0714 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.072 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6526, 22.4545, 25.6424)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##498E85	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	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)

#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

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

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