#498b72

Color #498b72

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 16.19 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#498b72

RGB

rgb(73, 139, 114)

HSL

hsl(157.3, 31.1%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(157.3, 47.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(53.05, -27.35, 6.91)

LCH

lch(53.05, 28.21, 165.82)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.0787, 167.01)

HWB

hwb(157.3, 28.6%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b4962

Analogous

#498b51

#498b72

#49838b

Triadic

#498b72

#72498b

#8b7249

Split-complementary

#498b72

#8b4983

#8b5149

Tetradic

#498b72

#49628b

#8b4962

#8b7249

Square

#498b72

#51498b

#8b4962

#838b49

Shades

Color #498b72 mixed toward black.

#3d745f

#315d4c

#254639

#182e26

#0c1713

Tints

Color #498b72 mixed toward white.

#5ca98c

#7dbba3

#9dccba

#beddd1

#deeee8

Tones

Color #498b72 mixed toward gray.

#4f8671

#54806f

#5a7b6e

#5f756d

#65706b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c79 · ΔE 26.5

Deuteranopia

#68637a · ΔE 30.8

Tritanopia

#4e7e7f · ΔE 11.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #498b72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#498b72]

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Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#498b72 (#498b72) is rgb(73, 139, 114) in RGB.

No, #498b72 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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