#498CA8#498CA8

#498CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.080 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CA8
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(198, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -13.01, -21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 24.92, 238.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% -0.0541 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.08 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1909, 22.9980, 40.4659)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CA8 #A86549

analogous

#49A894 #498CA8 #495DA8

triadic

#498CA8 #A8498C #8CA849

tetradic

#498CA8 #9449A8 #A86549 #5DA849

square

#498CA8 #9449A8 #A86549 #5DA849

split-complementary

#498CA8 #A8495D #A89449

monochromatic

#244553 #36687D #498CA8 #6EA8C0 #99C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#498CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#498CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CA8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CA8	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.080 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adc2',
    500: '#498ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ca8;
$custom-light: #84adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.684,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60734,
    "c": 0.08015,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CA8

secondary

#BF9C8E

accent

#7C58CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CA8

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

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