#498596#498596

#498596 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.067 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498596
RGB	rgb(73, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(193, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, -14.60, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 21.02, 226.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.053 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.067 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6381, 20.3921, 31.9075)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498596 #965A49

analogous

#499680 #498596 #495E96

triadic

#498596 #964985 #859649

tetradic

#498596 #804996 #965A49 #5E9649

square

#498596 #804996 #965A49 #5E9649

split-complementary

#498596 #96495E #968049

monochromatic

#213C44 #35606D #498596 #67A4B5 #90BDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#498596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#498596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498596

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498596	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.067 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a8b4',
    500: '#498596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498596;
$custom-light: #81a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.247,
    "s": 34.529,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58284,
    "c": 0.06748,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498596

secondary

#B59086

accent

#755DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #498596

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

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