#498BC5#498BC5

#498BC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.111 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BC5
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, -3.09, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 36.49, 265.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.043 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.111 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0546, 23.9108, 56.2655)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BC5 #C58349

analogous

#49C5C1 #498BC5 #494DC5

triadic

#498BC5 #C5498B #8BC549

tetradic

#498BC5 #C149C5 #C58349 #4DC549

square

#498BC5 #C149C5 #C58349 #4DC549

split-complementary

#498BC5 #C5494D #C5C149

monochromatic

#244C70 #326C9E #498BC5 #77A9D4 #A6C6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#498BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#498BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BC5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BC5	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.111 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd7',
    500: '#498bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bc5;
$custom-light: #87acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.065,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61873,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BC5

secondary

#D0B39A

accent

#8F4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BC5

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

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