#498BD3#498BD3

#498BD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.129 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BD3
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 211)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 1.64, -43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 43.24, 272.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.039 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.129 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7338, 24.5825, 65.1095)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BD3 #D39149

analogous

#49D0D3 #498BD3 #4C49D3

triadic

#498BD3 #D3498B #8BD349

tetradic

#498BD3 #D349D0 #D39149 #49D34C

square

#498BD3 #D349D0 #D39149 #49D34C

split-complementary

#498BD3 #D34C49 #D0D349

monochromatic

#1F4F82 #2B6CB3 #498BD3 #7AAADF #ACCAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#498BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#498BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BD3

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BD3	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5882D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.129 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace1',
    500: '#498bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bd3;
$custom-light: #89ace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.304,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62616,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BD3

secondary

#D9BD9F

accent

#9744E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BD3

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

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