#498DBB#498DBB

#498DBB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.098 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DBB
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 187)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 24.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -7.53, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 31.38, 256.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0484 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.098 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2388, 24.0520, 50.5273)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DBB #BB7749

analogous

#49BBB0 #498DBB #4954BB

triadic

#498DBB #BB498D #8DBB49

tetradic

#498DBB #B049BB #BB7749 #54BB49

square

#498DBB #B049BB #BB7749 #54BB49

split-complementary

#498DBB #BB4954 #BBB049

monochromatic

#254B64 #366C91 #498DBB #76A9CC #A2C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#498DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#498DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DBB

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DBB	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.098 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aecf',
    500: '#498dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dbb;
$custom-light: #86aecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61838,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DBB

secondary

#C9AB97

accent

#8753D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DBB

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

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