#498ACC#498ACC

#498ACC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.121 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ACC
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 204)
HSL	hsl(210, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 32.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -0.15, -40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 40.26, 269.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0399 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.121 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7312, 23.9508, 60.5401)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ACC #CC8B49

analogous

#49CCCC #498ACC #4A49CC

triadic

#498ACC #CC498A #8ACC49

tetradic

#498ACC #CC49CC #CC8B49 #49CC4A

square

#498ACC #CC49CC #CC8B49 #49CC4A

split-complementary

#498ACC #CC4A49 #CCCC49

monochromatic

#224D79 #2F6BA9 #498ACC #79A9D9 #A9C7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#498ACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#498ACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ACC

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ACC	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498acc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.121 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abdc',
    500: '#498acc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498acc;
$custom-light: #88abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498acc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.229,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62012,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ACC

secondary

#D4B99D

accent

#9448E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ACC

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

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