#498E89#498E89

#498E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.070 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E89
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(176, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -23.06, -4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 23.42, 190.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.0696 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.07 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9342, 22.5672, 27.1256)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E89 #8E494E

analogous

#498E67 #498E89 #49718E

triadic

#498E89 #89498E #8E8949

tetradic

#498E89 #67498E #8E494E #718E49

square

#498E89 #67498E #8E494E #718E49

split-complementary

#498E89 #8E4971 #8E6749

monochromatic

#1F3D3B #346662 #498E89 #65B0AA #8DC4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#498E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#498E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E89

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E89	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.070 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afab',
    500: '#498e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e89;
$custom-light: #81afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.652,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60025,
    "c": 0.07049,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E89

secondary

#B08386

accent

#6067C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E89

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

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