#498ABB#498ABB

#498ABB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.100 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ABB
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 26.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -5.82, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 32.36, 259.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.0451 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.1 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8024, 23.1793, 50.3818)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ABB #BB7A49

analogous

#49BBB3 #498ABB #4951BB

triadic

#498ABB #BB498A #8ABB49

tetradic

#498ABB #B349BB #BB7A49 #51BB49

square

#498ABB #B349BB #BB7A49 #51BB49

split-complementary

#498ABB #BB4951 #BBB349

monochromatic

#254964 #366A91 #498ABB #76A7CC #A2C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#498ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#498ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ABB

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ABB	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.100 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86accf',
    500: '#498abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498abb;
$custom-light: #86accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.789,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6114,
    "c": 0.10017,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ABB

secondary

#C9AC97

accent

#8B53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ABB

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

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