#498FA9#498FA9

#498FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.081 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FA9
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -14.35, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 24.93, 234.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0572 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.081 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7288, 23.9241, 41.1066)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FA9 #A96349

analogous

#49A993 #498FA9 #495FA9

triadic

#498FA9 #A9498F #8FA949

tetradic

#498FA9 #9349A9 #A96349 #5FA949

square

#498FA9 #9349A9 #A96349 #5FA949

split-complementary

#498FA9 #A9495F #A99349

monochromatic

#244754 #376B7E #498FA9 #6FAAC1 #99C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#498FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#498FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FA9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FA9	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.081 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afc2',
    500: '#498fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fa9;
$custom-light: #84afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61497,
    "c": 0.0805,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FA9

secondary

#BF9C8E

accent

#7958D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FA9

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

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