#498ADA#498ADA

#498ADA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.138 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ADA
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 218)
HSL	hsl(213, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 36.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 4.63, -47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 47.26, 275.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0362 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.138 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4864, 24.6529, 69.7841)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ADA #DA9949

analogous

#49D3DA #498ADA #5049DA

triadic

#498ADA #DA498A #8ADA49

tetradic

#498ADA #DA49D3 #DA9949 #49DA50

square

#498ADA #DA49D3 #DA9949 #49DA50

split-complementary

#498ADA #DA5049 #D3DA49

monochromatic

#1C4F8C #276BBF #498ADA #7CABE4 #AFCBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#498ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#498ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ADA

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ADA	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6690DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.138 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabe6',
    500: '#498ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ada;
$custom-light: #8aabe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.103,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62786,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ADA

secondary

#DDC2A2

accent

#9D3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ADA

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

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