#498EC1#498EC1

#498EC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.104 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EC1
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 193)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, -6.14, -33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 33.57, 259.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0475 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.104 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0427, 24.6106, 54.0304)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498EC1 #C17C49

analogous

#49C1B8 #498EC1 #4952C1

triadic

#498EC1 #C1498E #8EC149

tetradic

#498EC1 #B849C1 #C17C49 #52C149

square

#498EC1 #B849C1 #C17C49 #52C149

split-complementary

#498EC1 #C14952 #C1B849

monochromatic

#244D6B #346E99 #498EC1 #77AAD1 #A4C7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#498EC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#498EC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EC1

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EC1	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778FC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6783C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.104 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed4',
    500: '#498ec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ec1;
$custom-light: #87aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62362,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EC1

secondary

#CDAF99

accent

#8A4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EC1

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

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