#498BB6#498BB6

#498BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.094 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BB6
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -8.02, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 29.95, 254.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0479 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.094 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4206, 23.2572, 47.6598)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BB6 #B67449

analogous

#49B6AB #498BB6 #4954B6

triadic

#498BB6 #B6498B #8BB649

tetradic

#498BB6 #AB49B6 #B67449 #54B649

square

#498BB6 #AB49B6 #B67449 #54B649

split-complementary

#498BB6 #B64954 #B6AB49

monochromatic

#26485F #376A8A #498BB6 #75A7C8 #A0C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#498BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#498BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BB6

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BB6	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.094 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85accc',
    500: '#498bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bb6;
$custom-light: #85accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.67,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61132,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BB6

secondary

#C6A895

accent

#8755D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BB6

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

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