#498E9B#498E9B

#498E9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.072 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E9B
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(190, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -18.01, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 22.56, 217.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.0617 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.072 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3347, 23.1274, 34.5018)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E9B #9B5649

analogous

#499B7F #498E9B #49659B

triadic

#498E9B #9B498E #8E9B49

tetradic

#498E9B #7F499B #9B5649 #659B49

square

#498E9B #7F499B #9B5649 #659B49

split-complementary

#498E9B #9B4965 #9B7F49

monochromatic

#224248 #356871 #498E9B #69ACB8 #93C3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#498E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#498E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E9B

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E9B	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.072 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afb8',
    500: '#498e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e9b;
$custom-light: #82afb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.512,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60683,
    "c": 0.0722,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E9B

secondary

#B89088

accent

#6E5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E9B

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

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