#498BCA#498BCA

#498BCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.117 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BCA
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -1.41, -38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 38.85, 267.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0415 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.117 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6370, 24.1437, 59.3329)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BCA #CA8849

analogous

#49CAC9 #498BCA #494BCA

triadic

#498BCA #CA498B #8BCA49

tetradic

#498BCA #C949CA #CA8849 #4BCA49

square

#498BCA #C949CA #CA8849 #4BCA49

split-complementary

#498BCA #CA494B #CAC949

monochromatic

#224D76 #306CA6 #498BCA #78A9D8 #A8C7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#498BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#498BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BCA

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BCA	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.117 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acda',
    500: '#498bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bca;
$custom-light: #88acda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.302,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62133,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BCA

secondary

#D3B79C

accent

#924ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BCA

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

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