#498FC3#498FC3

#498FC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.106 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FC3
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 195)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 26.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -6.06, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 34.09, 259.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0479 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.106 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4167, 24.9993, 55.2632)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FC3 #C37D49

analogous

#49C3BA #498FC3 #4952C3

triadic

#498FC3 #C3498F #8FC349

tetradic

#498FC3 #BA49C3 #C37D49 #52C349

square

#498FC3 #BA49C3 #C37D49 #52C349

split-complementary

#498FC3 #C34952 #C3BA49

monochromatic

#244E6E #336F9C #498FC3 #77ABD2 #A5C8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#498FC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#498FC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FC3

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FC3	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7890C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6784C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.106 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd5',
    500: '#498fc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fc3;
$custom-light: #87afd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.574,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62692,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FC3

secondary

#CEB099

accent

#8A4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FC3

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

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