#498CAC#498CAC

#498CAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.084 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CAC
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 172)
HSL	hsl(199, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -11.76, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 26.11, 243.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0526 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.084 231)
XYZ	xyz(19.5693, 23.1494, 42.4587)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CAC #AC6949

analogous

#49AC9A #498CAC #495AAC

triadic

#498CAC #AC498C #8CAC49

tetradic

#498CAC #9A49AC #AC6949 #5AAC49

square

#498CAC #9A49AC #AC6949 #5AAC49

split-complementary

#498CAC #AC495A #AC9A49

monochromatic

#254656 #376981 #498CAC #70A8C2 #9BC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#498CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#498CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CAC

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CAC	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.084 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adc4',
    500: '#498cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cac;
$custom-light: #84adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.394,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60909,
    "c": 0.08359,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.23151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CAC

secondary

#C1A090

accent

#7F58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CAC

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

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