#498AA8#498AA8

#498AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.081 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AA8
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(199, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -11.90, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 25.17, 241.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0518 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.081 230)
XYZ	xyz(18.9013, 22.4189, 40.3694)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498AA8 #A86749

analogous

#49A896 #498AA8 #495BA8

triadic

#498AA8 #A8498A #8AA849

tetradic

#498AA8 #9649A8 #A86749 #5BA849

square

#498AA8 #9649A8 #A86749 #5BA849

split-complementary

#498AA8 #A8495B #A89649

monochromatic

#244453 #36677D #498AA8 #6EA6C0 #99C0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#498AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#498AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AA8

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AA8	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.081 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc2',
    500: '#498aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498aa8;
$custom-light: #83acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60255,
    "c": 0.0806,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.22421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AA8

secondary

#BF9D8E

accent

#7E58CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AA8

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

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