#498BD5#498BD5

#498BD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.131 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BD5
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 213)
HSL	hsl(212, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 34.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 2.32, -44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 44.24, 273.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0385 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.131 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9861, 24.6834, 66.4382)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498BD5 #D59349

analogous

#49D1D5 #498BD5 #4D49D5

triadic

#498BD5 #D5498B #8BD549

tetradic

#498BD5 #D549D1 #D59349 #49D54D

square

#498BD5 #D549D1 #D59349 #49D54D

split-complementary

#498BD5 #D54D49 #D1D549

monochromatic

#1F4F85 #2A6CB7 #498BD5 #7BABE0 #ACCAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#498BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#498BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BD5

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BD5	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5782D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.131 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace2',
    500: '#498bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bd5;
$custom-light: #89ace2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.714,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62727,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BD5

secondary

#DABFA0

accent

#9942E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BD5

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

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