#498EAA#498EAA

#498EAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.081 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EAA
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -13.49, -21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 25.27, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% -0.0556 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.081 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6736, 23.6629, 41.5530)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498EAA #AA6549

analogous

#49AA96 #498EAA #495DAA

triadic

#498EAA #AA498E #8EAA49

tetradic

#498EAA #9649AA #AA6549 #5DAA49

square

#498EAA #9649AA #AA6549 #5DAA49

split-complementary

#498EAA #AA495D #AA9649

monochromatic

#244654 #376A7F #498EAA #6FA9C1 #9AC3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#498EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#498EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EAA

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EAA	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.081 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afc3',
    500: '#498eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498eaa;
$custom-light: #84afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.32,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.613,
    "c": 0.08142,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EAA

secondary

#C09D8F

accent

#7B58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EAA

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

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