#498BD4#498BD4

#498BD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.130 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BD4
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 212)
HSL	hsl(212, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 1.98, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 43.74, 272.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0388 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.13 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8596, 24.6328, 65.7718)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BD4 #D49249

analogous

#49D0D4 #498BD4 #4C49D4

triadic

#498BD4 #D4498B #8BD449

tetradic

#498BD4 #D449D0 #D49249 #49D44C

square

#498BD4 #D449D0 #D49249 #49D44C

split-complementary

#498BD4 #D44C49 #D0D449

monochromatic

#1F4F84 #2B6CB5 #498BD4 #7BABE0 #ACCAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#498BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#498BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BD4

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BD4	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5882D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.130 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace1',
    500: '#498bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bd4;
$custom-light: #89ace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.511,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62671,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BD4

secondary

#D9BEA0

accent

#9843E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BD4

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

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