#498CCB#498CCB

#498CCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CCB
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 203)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 31%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -1.66, -38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 38.89, 267.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0423 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.118 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9012, 24.4822, 60.0070)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CCB #CB8849

analogous

#49CBC9 #498CCB #494BCB

triadic

#498CCB #CB498C #8CCB49

tetradic

#498CCB #C949CB #CB8849 #4BCB49

square

#498CCB #C949CB #CB8849 #4BCB49

split-complementary

#498CCB #CB494B #CBC949

monochromatic

#224E77 #306DA7 #498CCB #79AAD9 #A8C8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#498CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#498CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CCB

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CCB	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88addb',
    500: '#498ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ccb;
$custom-light: #88addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.077,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62412,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CCB

secondary

#D4B79C

accent

#9249DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CCB

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

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