#498BB3#498BB3

#498BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.091 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BB3
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -8.98, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 28.78, 251.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0489 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.091 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1139, 23.1345, 46.0445)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BB3 #B37149

analogous

#49B3A6 #498BB3 #4956B3

triadic

#498BB3 #B3498B #8BB349

tetradic

#498BB3 #A649B3 #B37149 #56B349

square

#498BB3 #A649B3 #B37149 #56B349

split-complementary

#498BB3 #B34956 #B3A649

monochromatic

#26475C #376988 #498BB3 #73A7C6 #9FC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#498BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#498BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BB3

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BB3	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.091 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acca',
    500: '#498bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bb3;
$custom-light: #85acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.642,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60991,
    "c": 0.09081,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BB3

secondary

#C4A693

accent

#8556D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BB3

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

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