#498BC8#498BC8

#498BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.115 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BC8
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -2.08, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 37.90, 266.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0421 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.115 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4017, 24.0496, 58.0939)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BC8 #C88649

analogous

#49C8C5 #498BC8 #494BC8

triadic

#498BC8 #C8498B #8BC849

tetradic

#498BC8 #C549C8 #C88649 #4BC849

square

#498BC8 #C549C8 #C88649 #4BC849

split-complementary

#498BC8 #C8494B #C8C549

monochromatic

#234D74 #316CA3 #498BC8 #78A9D6 #A7C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#498BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#498BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BC8

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BC8	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.115 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd9',
    500: '#498bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bc8;
$custom-light: #87acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.819,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62028,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BC8

secondary

#D2B59B

accent

#914BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BC8

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

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