#498EB2#498EB2

#498EB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.088 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EB2
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, -10.99, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 27.73, 246.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0526 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.088 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4535, 23.9749, 45.6606)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498EB2 #B26D49

analogous

#49B2A2 #498EB2 #495AB2

triadic

#498EB2 #B2498E #8EB249

tetradic

#498EB2 #A249B2 #B26D49 #5AB249

square

#498EB2 #A249B2 #B26D49 #5AB249

split-complementary

#498EB2 #B2495A #B2A249

monochromatic

#25495B #376B87 #498EB2 #73A9C5 #9EC4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#498EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#498EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EB2

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EB2	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.088 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc9',
    500: '#498eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498eb2;
$custom-light: #85afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61654,
    "c": 0.08846,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EB2

secondary

#C4A493

accent

#8056D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EB2

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

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