#498CB6#498CB6

#498CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.093 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CB6
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -8.59, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 29.67, 253.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.049 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.093 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5661, 23.5481, 47.7083)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CB6 #B67349

analogous

#49B6A9 #498CB6 #4956B6

triadic

#498CB6 #B6498C #8CB649

tetradic

#498CB6 #A949B6 #B67349 #56B649

square

#498CB6 #A949B6 #B67349 #56B649

split-complementary

#498CB6 #B64956 #B6A949

monochromatic

#26495F #376A8A #498CB6 #75A8C8 #A0C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#498CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#498CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CB6

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CB6	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.093 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adcc',
    500: '#498cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cb6;
$custom-light: #85adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.119,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61366,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CB6

secondary

#C6A895

accent

#8655D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CB6

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

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