#498FA4#498FA4

#498FA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.077 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FA4
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -15.87, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 23.86, 228.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0591 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.077 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2684, 23.7400, 38.6816)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FA4 #A45E49

analogous

#49A48C #498FA4 #4962A4

triadic

#498FA4 #A4498F #8FA449

tetradic

#498FA4 #8C49A4 #A45E49 #62A449

square

#498FA4 #8C49A4 #A45E49 #62A449

split-complementary

#498FA4 #A44962 #A48C49

monochromatic

#23454F #366A7A #498FA4 #6CABBE #97C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#498FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#498FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FA4

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FA4	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.077 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b0bf',
    500: '#498fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fa4;
$custom-light: #83b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61288,
    "c": 0.07705,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FA4

secondary

#BD978C

accent

#7459CE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FA4

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

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