#498CB5#498CB5

#498CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.092 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CB5
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -8.91, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 29.28, 252.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% -0.0493 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.092 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4631, 23.5069, 47.1660)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CB5 #B57249

analogous

#49B5A8 #498CB5 #4956B5

triadic

#498CB5 #B5498C #8CB549

tetradic

#498CB5 #A849B5 #B57249 #56B549

square

#498CB5 #A849B5 #B57249 #56B549

split-complementary

#498CB5 #B54956 #B5A849

monochromatic

#26495E #376A89 #498CB5 #74A8C7 #A0C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#498CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#498CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CB5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CB5	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.092 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adcb',
    500: '#498cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cb5;
$custom-light: #85adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.778,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6132,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CB5

secondary

#C5A794

accent

#8555D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CB5

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

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