#498CA7#498CA7

#498CA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.079 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CA7
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -13.32, -20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 24.65, 237.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0545 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.079 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0981, 22.9609, 39.9772)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CA7 #A76449

analogous

#49A793 #498CA7 #495DA7

triadic

#498CA7 #A7498C #8CA749

tetradic

#498CA7 #9349A7 #A76449 #5DA749

square

#498CA7 #9349A7 #A76449 #5DA749

split-complementary

#498CA7 #A7495D #A79349

monochromatic

#244552 #36687C #498CA7 #6EA8BF #98C2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#498CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#498CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CA7

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CA7	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#7E8AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.079 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc1',
    500: '#498ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ca7;
$custom-light: #83adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.234,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60691,
    "c": 0.07934,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CA7

secondary

#BE9C8D

accent

#7B59CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CA7

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

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