#498AA3#498AA3

#498AA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.076 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498AA3
RGBrgb(73, 138, 163)
HSLhsl(197, 38%, 46%)
HSVhsv(197, 55%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(55.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LABlab(54.28, -13.44, -19.60)
CIE-LCHlch(54.28, 23.77, 235.56°)
OKLaboklab(60.04% -0.0537 -0.0544)
OKLCHoklch(60.04% 0.076 225.4)
XYZxyz(18.4445, 22.2361, 37.9632)
Luminance0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498AA3 #A36249
analogous
#49A38F #498AA3 #495DA3
triadic
#498AA3 #A3498A #8AA349
tetradic
#498AA3 #8F49A3 #A36249 #5DA349
square
#498AA3 #8F49A3 #A36249 #5DA349
split-complementary
#498AA3 #A3495D #A38F49
monochromatic
#23424E #366679 #498AA3 #6CA7BD #96C0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85
#498AA3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45
#498AA3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AA3
5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498AA3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498AA31.003.855.455.45
#FFFFFF3.851.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4521.001.001.00
##0000005.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7C87A4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F7EA3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009292
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.076 225.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acbe',
    500: '#498aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498aa3;
$custom-light: #83acbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60038,
    "c": 0.07648,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498AA3
secondary
#BC998C
accent
#7A5ACE
background
#F8FAFB
surface
#EFF4F6
border
#CACED0
text
#0B1012
muted
#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AA3

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#498AA3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva