#498BD6#498BD6

#498BD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.132 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BD6
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(212, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 2.67, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 44.74, 273.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0382 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.132 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1134, 24.7343, 67.1087)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498BD6 #D69449

analogous

#49D2D6 #498BD6 #4E49D6

triadic

#498BD6 #D6498B #8BD649

tetradic

#498BD6 #D649D2 #D69449 #49D64E

square

#498BD6 #D649D2 #D69449 #49D64E

split-complementary

#498BD6 #D64E49 #D2D649

monochromatic

#1E4F86 #2A6CB8 #498BD6 #7BABE1 #ADCBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#498BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#498BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BD6

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BD6	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A90D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.132 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace3',
    500: '#498bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bd6;
$custom-light: #8aace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.915,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62782,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BD6

secondary

#DABFA0

accent

#9942E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BD6

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

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