#498E8A#498E8A

#498E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.070 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E8A
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -22.79, -4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 23.26, 191.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0691 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.07 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0062, 22.5960, 27.5051)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E8A #8E494D

analogous

#498E68 #498E8A #49708E

triadic

#498E8A #8A498E #8E8A49

tetradic

#498E8A #68498E #8E494D #708E49

square

#498E8A #68498E #8E494D #708E49

split-complementary

#498E8A #8E4970 #8E6849

monochromatic

#1F3D3B #346663 #498E8A #65B0AB #8DC4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#498E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#498E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E8A

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E8A	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.070 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afac',
    500: '#498e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e8a;
$custom-light: #81afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.522,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60059,
    "c": 0.07029,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E8A

secondary

#B08385

accent

#6066C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E8A

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

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