#498FCB#498FCB

#498FCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.115 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FCB
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 29.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -3.40, -37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 37.65, 264.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0454 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.115 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3456, 25.3709, 60.1551)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FCB #CB8549

analogous

#49CBC6 #498FCB #494ECB

triadic

#498FCB #CB498F #8FCB49

tetradic

#498FCB #C649CB #CB8549 #4ECB49

square

#498FCB #C649CB #CB8549 #4ECB49

split-complementary

#498FCB #CB494E #CBC649

monochromatic

#225077 #3070A7 #498FCB #79ACD9 #A8CAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#498FCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#498FCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FCB

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FCB	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7591CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6384CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.115 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afdb',
    500: '#498fcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fcb;
$custom-light: #88afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63095,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FCB

secondary

#D4B69C

accent

#8E49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FCB

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

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