#498BD2#498BD2

#498BD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.127 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BD2
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(211, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 1.30, -42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 42.74, 271.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0393 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.127 252)
XYZ	xyz(23.6089, 24.5325, 64.4513)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498BD2 #D29049

analogous

#49CFD2 #498BD2 #4B49D2

triadic

#498BD2 #D2498B #8BD249

tetradic

#498BD2 #D249CF #D29049 #49D24B

square

#498BD2 #D249CF #D29049 #49D24B

split-complementary

#498BD2 #D24B49 #CFD249

monochromatic

#204F81 #2C6CB2 #498BD2 #7AAADE #ABCAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#498BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#498BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BD2

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BD2	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5982D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.127 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace0',
    500: '#498bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bd2;
$custom-light: #89ace0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.095,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62562,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.24535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BD2

secondary

#D8BC9F

accent

#9744E3

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BD2

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

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