#498BC9#498BC9

#498BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.116 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BC9
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -1.75, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 38.37, 267.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0418 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.116 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5190, 24.0965, 58.7114)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BC9 #C98749

analogous

#49C9C7 #498BC9 #494BC9

triadic

#498BC9 #C9498B #8BC949

tetradic

#498BC9 #C749C9 #C98749 #4BC949

square

#498BC9 #C749C9 #C98749 #4BC949

split-complementary

#498BC9 #C9494B #C9C749

monochromatic

#234D75 #316CA4 #498BC9 #78A9D7 #A7C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#498BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#498BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BC9

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BC9	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.116 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acd9',
    500: '#498bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bc9;
$custom-light: #88acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.063,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6208,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BC9

secondary

#D2B69C

accent

#924ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BC9

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

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