#498CB8#498CB8

#498CB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.096 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CB8
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -7.94, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 30.46, 254.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0483 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.096 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7742, 23.6314, 48.8046)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CB8 #B87549

analogous

#49B8AD #498CB8 #4954B8

triadic

#498CB8 #B8498C #8CB849

tetradic

#498CB8 #AD49B8 #B87549 #54B849

square

#498CB8 #AD49B8 #B87549 #54B849

split-complementary

#498CB8 #B84954 #B8AD49

monochromatic

#264961 #376B8D #498CB8 #75A8C9 #A1C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#498CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#498CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CB8

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CB8	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.096 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adcd',
    500: '#498cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cb8;
$custom-light: #85adcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.784,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61461,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CB8

secondary

#C7A996

accent

#8754D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CB8

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

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