#498E9C#498E9C

#498E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.073 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E9C
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(190, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -17.72, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 22.65, 218.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.0612 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.073 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4191, 23.1611, 34.9459)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E9C #9C5749

analogous

#499C80 #498E9C #49659C

triadic

#498E9C #9C498E #8E9C49

tetradic

#498E9C #80499C #9C5749 #659C49

square

#498E9C #80499C #9C5749 #659C49

split-complementary

#498E9C #9C4965 #9C8049

monochromatic

#224249 #356872 #498E9C #69ABB9 #93C3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#498E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#498E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E9C

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E9C	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B9492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.073 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afb9',
    500: '#498e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e9c;
$custom-light: #82afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.12,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60722,
    "c": 0.07261,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E9C

secondary

#B89088

accent

#6F5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E9C

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

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