#498F8D#498F8D

#498F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.071 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498F8D
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(178, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -22.50, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 23.22, 194.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.069 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.071 193)
XYZ	xyz(17.3759, 22.9830, 28.7146)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498F8D #8F494B

analogous

#498F6A #498F8D #496E8F

triadic

#498F8D #8D498F #8F8D49

tetradic

#498F8D #6A498F #8F494B #6E8F49

square

#498F8D #6A498F #8F494B #6E8F49

split-complementary

#498F8D #8F496E #8F6A49

monochromatic

#203E3D #346665 #498F8D #65B0AE #8DC5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#498F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#498F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498F8D

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498F8D	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.071 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b0ae',
    500: '#498f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498f8d;
$custom-light: #81b0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 32.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60413,
    "c": 0.07078,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.22984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498F8D

secondary

#B18384

accent

#5F62C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #498F8D

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

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