#498EA7#498EA7

#498EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.079 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EA7
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -14.42, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 24.51, 233.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0568 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.079 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3930, 23.5507, 40.0755)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498EA7 #A76249

analogous

#49A791 #498EA7 #495FA7

triadic

#498EA7 #A7498E #8EA749

tetradic

#498EA7 #9149A7 #A76249 #5FA749

square

#498EA7 #9149A7 #A76249 #5FA749

split-complementary

#498EA7 #A7495F #A79149

monochromatic

#244652 #366A7C #498EA7 #6EAABF #98C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#498EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#498EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EA7

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EA7	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.079 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afc1',
    500: '#498ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ea7;
$custom-light: #84afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.957,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61172,
    "c": 0.07911,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EA7

secondary

#BE9A8D

accent

#7859CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EA7

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

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