#498AD3#498AD3

#498AD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.130 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AD3
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 211)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 2.23, -43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 43.72, 272.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.038 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.13 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5897, 24.2942, 65.0614)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498AD3 #D39249

analogous

#49CFD3 #498AD3 #4D49D3

triadic

#498AD3 #D3498A #8AD349

tetradic

#498AD3 #D349CF #D39249 #49D34D

square

#498AD3 #D349CF #D39249 #49D34D

split-complementary

#498AD3 #D34D49 #CFD349

monochromatic

#1F4E82 #2B6BB3 #498AD3 #7AAADF #ACC9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#498AD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#498AD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AD3

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AD3	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.130 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe1',
    500: '#498ad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ad3;
$custom-light: #89abe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.739,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62393,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AD3

secondary

#D9BE9F

accent

#9944E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AD3

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

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