#498CB9#498CB9

#498CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.097 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CB9
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -7.62, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 30.87, 255.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.048 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.097 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8794, 23.6734, 49.3586)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CB9 #B97649

analogous

#49B9AE #498CB9 #4954B9

triadic

#498CB9 #B9498C #8CB949

tetradic

#498CB9 #AE49B9 #B97649 #54B949

square

#498CB9 #AE49B9 #B97649 #54B949

split-complementary

#498CB9 #B94954 #B9AE49

monochromatic

#264A62 #376B8E #498CB9 #75A8CA #A1C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#498CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#498CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CB9

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CB9	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.097 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adce',
    500: '#498cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cb9;
$custom-light: #85adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.107,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61509,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CB9

secondary

#C8AA96

accent

#8754D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CB9

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

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