#498ADD#498ADD

#498ADD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.142 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ADD
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, 5.67, -48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 48.79, 276.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0355 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.142 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8825, 24.8113, 71.8703)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ADD #DD9C49

analogous

#49D4DD #498ADD #5249DD

triadic

#498ADD #DD498A #8ADD49

tetradic

#498ADD #DD49D4 #DD9C49 #49DD52

square

#498ADD #DD49D4 #DD9C49 #49DD52

split-complementary

#498ADD #DD5249 #D4DD49

monochromatic

#1B4F91 #256BC4 #498ADD #7DABE7 #B0CCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#498ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#498ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ADD

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ADD	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6590E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.142 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babe8',
    500: '#498add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498add;
$custom-light: #8babe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.649,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62958,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ADD

secondary

#DFC5A3

accent

#9F3CEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ADD

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

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