#4998A6#4998A6

#4998A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.080 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4998A6
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 166)
HSL	hsl(189, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 8.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -20.08, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 24.89, 216.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0687 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.08 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8561, 26.6241, 40.1089)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4998A6 #A65749

analogous

#49A686 #4998A6 #496AA6

triadic

#4998A6 #A64998 #98A649

tetradic

#4998A6 #8649A6 #A65749 #6AA649

square

#4998A6 #8649A6 #A65749 #6AA649

split-complementary

#4998A6 #A6496A #A68649

monochromatic

#244A51 #36717B #4998A6 #6DB3BF #98C9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4998A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#4998A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4998A6

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4998A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4998A6	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C93A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4998a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.080 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6c0',
    500: '#4998a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4998a6;
$custom-light: #84b6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4998a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.032,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.07983,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4998A6

secondary

#BE948D

accent

#6B59CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4998A6

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

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