#498EC3#498EC3

#498EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.107 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EC3
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, -5.48, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 34.44, 260.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0468 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.107 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2673, 24.7004, 55.2134)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498EC3 #C37E49

analogous

#49C3BB #498EC3 #4951C3

triadic

#498EC3 #C3498E #8EC349

tetradic

#498EC3 #BB49C3 #C37E49 #51C349

square

#498EC3 #BB49C3 #C37E49 #51C349

split-complementary

#498EC3 #C34951 #C3BB49

monochromatic

#244E6E #336E9C #498EC3 #77ABD2 #A5C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#498EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#498EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EC3

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EC3	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778FC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6683C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.107 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed5',
    500: '#498ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ec3;
$custom-light: #87aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.066,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62461,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EC3

secondary

#CEB099

accent

#8B4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EC3

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

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