#498FC8#498FC8

#498FC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.112 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FC8
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -4.40, -36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 36.29, 263.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0463 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.112 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9916, 25.2292, 58.2905)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FC8 #C88249

analogous

#49C8C1 #498FC8 #494FC8

triadic

#498FC8 #C8498F #8FC849

tetradic

#498FC8 #C149C8 #C88249 #4FC849

square

#498FC8 #C149C8 #C88249 #4FC849

split-complementary

#498FC8 #C8494F #C8C149

monochromatic

#234F74 #3170A3 #498FC8 #78ACD6 #A7C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#498FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#498FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FC8

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FC8	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.112 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afd9',
    500: '#498fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fc8;
$custom-light: #88afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.929,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62942,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FC8

secondary

#D2B49B

accent

#8C4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FC8

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

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