#498EC2#498EC2

#498EC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.105 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EC2
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, -5.81, -33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 34.00, 260.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0472 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.105 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1546, 24.6554, 54.6199)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498EC2 #C27D49

analogous

#49C2B9 #498EC2 #4952C2

triadic

#498EC2 #C2498E #8EC249

tetradic

#498EC2 #B949C2 #C27D49 #52C249

square

#498EC2 #B949C2 #C27D49 #52C249

split-complementary

#498EC2 #C24952 #C2B949

monochromatic

#244D6C #346E9A #498EC2 #77AAD1 #A5C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#498EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#498EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EC2

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EC2	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778FC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6783C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.105 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed4',
    500: '#498ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ec2;
$custom-light: #87aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.785,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62412,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EC2

secondary

#CEB099

accent

#8A4ED9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EC2

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

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