#498F8A#498F8A

#498F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.071 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498F8A
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -23.31, -4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 23.68, 190.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0703 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.071 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1557, 22.8949, 27.5549)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498F8A #8F494E

analogous

#498F67 #498F8A #49718F

triadic

#498F8A #8A498F #8F8A49

tetradic

#498F8A #67498F #8F494E #718F49

square

#498F8A #67498F #8F494E #718F49

split-complementary

#498F8A #8F4971 #8F6749

monochromatic

#203E3C #346663 #498F8A #65B0AB #8DC5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#498F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#498F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498F8A

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498F8A	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.071 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b0ac',
    500: '#498f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498f8a;
$custom-light: #81b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 32.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60309,
    "c": 0.07127,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498F8A

secondary

#B18386

accent

#5F67C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498F8A

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

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