#498BC0#498BC0

#498BC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.105 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BC0
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(207, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -4.75, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 34.21, 262.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.0446 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.105 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4912, 23.6854, 53.2981)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BC0 #C07E49

analogous

#49C0BA #498BC0 #4950C0

triadic

#498BC0 #C0498B #8BC049

tetradic

#498BC0 #BA49C0 #C07E49 #50C049

square

#498BC0 #BA49C0 #C07E49 #50C049

split-complementary

#498BC0 #C04950 #C0BA49

monochromatic

#254B6A #346B97 #498BC0 #76A8D0 #A4C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#498BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#498BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BC0

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BC0	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.105 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd3',
    500: '#498bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bc0;
$custom-light: #86acd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.723,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61619,
    "c": 0.10524,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BC0

secondary

#CCB098

accent

#8C50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BC0

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

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