#498BD1#498BD1

#498BD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.126 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BD1
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 209)
HSL	hsl(211, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 33.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 0.96, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 42.25, 271.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0396 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.126 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4847, 24.4828, 63.7972)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BD1 #D18F49

analogous

#49CFD1 #498BD1 #4B49D1

triadic

#498BD1 #D1498B #8BD149

tetradic

#498BD1 #D149CF #D18F49 #49D14B

square

#498BD1 #D149CF #D18F49 #49D14B

split-complementary

#498BD1 #D14B49 #CFD149

monochromatic

#204E7F #2D6CB0 #498BD1 #7AAADD #ABC9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#498BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#498BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BD1

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BD1	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A82D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.126 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acdf',
    500: '#498bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bd1;
$custom-light: #89acdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.882,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62507,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BD1

secondary

#D7BC9E

accent

#9645E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BD1

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

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