#498E8D#498E8D

#498E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.070 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E8D
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -21.98, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 22.84, 195.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0678 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.07 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2264, 22.6841, 28.6648)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E8D #8E494A

analogous

#498E6A #498E8D #496D8E

triadic

#498E8D #8D498E #8E8D49

tetradic

#498E8D #6A498E #8E494A #6D8E49

square

#498E8D #6A498E #8E494A #6D8E49

split-complementary

#498E8D #8E496D #8E6A49

monochromatic

#1F3D3D #346665 #498E8D #65B0AF #8DC4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#498E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#498E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E8D

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E8D	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.070 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afae',
    500: '#498e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e8d;
$custom-light: #81afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60164,
    "c": 0.0699,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E8D

secondary

#B08383

accent

#6061C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E8D

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

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