#498AC8#498AC8

#498AC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.116 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AC8
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 31%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -1.50, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 38.32, 267.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0411 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.116 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2576, 23.7614, 58.0458)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498AC8 #C88749

analogous

#49C8C6 #498AC8 #494AC8

triadic

#498AC8 #C8498A #8AC849

tetradic

#498AC8 #C649C8 #C88749 #4AC849

square

#498AC8 #C649C8 #C88749 #4AC849

split-complementary

#498AC8 #C8494A #C8C649

monochromatic

#234C74 #316BA3 #498AC8 #78A8D6 #A7C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#498AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#498AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AC8

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AC8	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.116 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abd9',
    500: '#498ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ac8;
$custom-light: #87abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.291,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.618,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AC8

secondary

#D2B69B

accent

#924BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AC8

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

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