#498AB8#498AB8

#498AB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.097 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AB8
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 184)
HSL	hsl(205, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 25%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -6.80, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 31.08, 257.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0461 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.097 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4846, 23.0522, 48.7081)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498AB8 #B87749

analogous

#49B8AF #498AB8 #4952B8

triadic

#498AB8 #B8498A #8AB849

tetradic

#498AB8 #AF49B8 #B87749 #52B849

square

#498AB8 #AF49B8 #B87749 #52B849

split-complementary

#498AB8 #B84952 #B8AF49

monochromatic

#264861 #37698D #498AB8 #75A6C9 #A1C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#498AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#498AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AB8

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AB8	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.097 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85accd',
    500: '#498ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ab8;
$custom-light: #85accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.865,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60993,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AB8

secondary

#C7AA96

accent

#8954D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AB8

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

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