#498BD0#498BD0

#498BD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.125 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BD0
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 208)
HSL	hsl(211, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 0.62, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 41.76, 270.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0398 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.125 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3613, 24.4334, 63.1473)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498BD0 #D08E49

analogous

#49CED0 #498BD0 #4B49D0

triadic

#498BD0 #D0498B #8BD049

tetradic

#498BD0 #D049CE #D08E49 #49D04B

square

#498BD0 #D049CE #D08E49 #49D04B

split-complementary

#498BD0 #D04B49 #CED049

monochromatic

#214E7E #2D6CAF #498BD0 #7AAADD #AAC9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#498BD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#498BD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BD0

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BD0	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.125 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acde',
    500: '#498bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bd0;
$custom-light: #89acde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.667,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62453,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BD0

secondary

#D7BB9E

accent

#9646E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BD0

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

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