#498AC9#498AC9

#498AC9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.117 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AC9
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 201)
HSL	hsl(210, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 31.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -1.16, -38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 38.80, 268.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0408 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.117 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3749, 23.8083, 58.6633)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498AC9 #C98849

analogous

#49C9C8 #498AC9 #494AC9

triadic

#498AC9 #C9498A #8AC949

tetradic

#498AC9 #C849C9 #C98849 #4AC949

square

#498AC9 #C849C9 #C98849 #4AC949

split-complementary

#498AC9 #C9494A #C9C849

monochromatic

#234C75 #316BA4 #498AC9 #78A8D7 #A7C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#498AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#498AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AC9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AC9	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.117 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abd9',
    500: '#498ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ac9;
$custom-light: #88abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.531,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61853,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AC9

secondary

#D2B69C

accent

#934ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AC9

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

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