#498FC6#498FC6

#498FC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.109 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FC6
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 198)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, -5.07, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 35.40, 261.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0469 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.109 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7593, 25.1364, 57.0675)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FC6 #C68049

analogous

#49C6BE #498FC6 #4950C6

triadic

#498FC6 #C6498F #8FC649

tetradic

#498FC6 #BE49C6 #C68049 #50C649

square

#498FC6 #BE49C6 #C68049 #50C649

split-complementary

#498FC6 #C64950 #C6BE49

monochromatic

#234F71 #326FA0 #498FC6 #78ACD5 #A6C8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#498FC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#498FC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FC6

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FC6	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7790C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.109 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd7',
    500: '#498fc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fc6;
$custom-light: #87afd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62842,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FC6

secondary

#D0B29A

accent

#8B4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FC6

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

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