#498BCD#498BCD

#498BCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BCD
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -0.40, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 40.29, 269.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0407 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.121 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9957, 24.2872, 61.2218)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BCD #CD8B49

analogous

#49CDCD #498BCD #4949CD

triadic

#498BCD #CD498B #8BCD49

tetradic

#498BCD #CD49CD #CD8B49 #49CD49

square

#498BCD #CD49CD #CD8B49 #49CD49

split-complementary

#498BCD #CD4949 #CDCD49

monochromatic

#224E7A #2F6CAA #498BCD #79AADA #A9C8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#498BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#498BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BCD

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BCD	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)

#6E8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acdc',
    500: '#498bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bcd;
$custom-light: #88acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62292,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BCD

secondary

#D5B99D

accent

#9448E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BCD

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

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