#498FAA#498FAA

#498FAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.081 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FAA
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -14.04, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 25.18, 236.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0568 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.081 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8230, 23.9618, 41.6029)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FAA #AA6449

analogous

#49AA94 #498FAA #495EAA

triadic

#498FAA #AA498F #8FAA49

tetradic

#498FAA #9449AA #AA6449 #5EAA49

square

#498FAA #9449AA #AA6449 #5EAA49

split-complementary

#498FAA #AA495E #AA9449

monochromatic

#244754 #376B7F #498FAA #6FAAC1 #9AC3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#498FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#498FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FAA

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FAA	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)

#808CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7282AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.081 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afc3',
    500: '#498faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498faa;
$custom-light: #84afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.701,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6154,
    "c": 0.08126,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FAA

secondary

#C09D8F

accent

#7958D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FAA

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

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