#498CA4#498CA4

#498CA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.077 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CA4
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -14.24, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 23.90, 233.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0557 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.077 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8240, 22.8513, 38.5335)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CA4 #A46149

analogous

#49A48F #498CA4 #495FA4

triadic

#498CA4 #A4498C #8CA449

tetradic

#498CA4 #8F49A4 #A46149 #5FA449

square

#498CA4 #8F49A4 #A46149 #5FA449

split-complementary

#498CA4 #A4495F #A48F49

monochromatic

#23444F #36687A #498CA4 #6CA8BE #97C1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#498CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#498CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CA4

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CA4	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.077 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adbf',
    500: '#498ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ca4;
$custom-light: #83adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.824,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60563,
    "c": 0.07705,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CA4

secondary

#BD998C

accent

#7859CE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CA4

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

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