#498DC1#498DC1

#498DC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.105 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DC1
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 193)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 26.9%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -5.57, -33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 33.92, 260.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0464 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.105 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8946, 24.3144, 53.9810)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DC1 #C17D49

analogous

#49C1B9 #498DC1 #4951C1

triadic

#498DC1 #C1498D #8DC149

tetradic

#498DC1 #B949C1 #C17D49 #51C149

square

#498DC1 #B949C1 #C17D49 #51C149

split-complementary

#498DC1 #C14951 #C1B949

monochromatic

#244D6B #346D99 #498DC1 #77AAD1 #A4C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#498DC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#498DC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DC1

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DC1	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.105 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed4',
    500: '#498dc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dc1;
$custom-light: #87aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62131,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DC1

secondary

#CDAF99

accent

#8B4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DC1

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

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