#498F80#498F80

#498F80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.075 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498F80
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 128)
HSL	hsl(167, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(167, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 10.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -25.92, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 25.95, 177.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% -0.0749 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.075 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4648, 22.6185, 23.9161)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498F80 #8F4958

analogous

#498F5D #498F80 #497B8F

triadic

#498F80 #80498F #8F8049

tetradic

#498F80 #5D498F #8F4958 #7B8F49

square

#498F80 #5D498F #8F4958 #7B8F49

split-complementary

#498F80 #8F497B #8F5D49

monochromatic

#203E37 #34665C #498F80 #65B0A0 #8DC5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#498F80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#498F80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498F80

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498F80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498F80	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)

#8A887F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498f80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.075 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b0a4',
    500: '#498f80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498f80;
$custom-light: #81b0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498f80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 32.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59983,
    "c": 0.075,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498F80

secondary

#B1838D

accent

#5F76C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF5F4

border

#CACFCE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498F80

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

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