#498E95#498E95

#498E95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.070 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E95
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 149)
HSL	hsl(186, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 4.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -19.74, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 22.33, 207.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% -0.0642 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.07 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8433, 22.9308, 31.9137)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E95 #955049

analogous

#499576 #498E95 #496895

triadic

#498E95 #95498E #8E9549

tetradic

#498E95 #764995 #955049 #689549

square

#498E95 #764995 #955049 #689549

split-complementary

#498E95 #954968 #957649

monochromatic

#214043 #35676C #498E95 #67ADB4 #90C3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#498E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#498E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E95

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E95	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.070 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afb4',
    500: '#498e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e95;
$custom-light: #82afb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.526,
    "s": 34.234,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60454,
    "c": 0.07039,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E95

secondary

#B48A85

accent

#685DCA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E95

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

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