#498CA6#498CA6

#498CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.079 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CA6
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -13.62, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 24.39, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0549 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.079 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0060, 22.9241, 39.4922)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CA6 #A66349

analogous

#49A692 #498CA6 #495EA6

triadic

#498CA6 #A6498C #8CA649

tetradic

#498CA6 #9249A6 #A66349 #5EA649

square

#498CA6 #9249A6 #A66349 #5EA649

split-complementary

#498CA6 #A6495E #A69249

monochromatic

#244451 #36687B #498CA6 #6DA8BF #98C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#498CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#498CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CA6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CA6	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.079 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc0',
    500: '#498ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ca6;
$custom-light: #83adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.774,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60648,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CA6

secondary

#BE9B8D

accent

#7A59CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CA6

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

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