#498BD7#498BD7

#498BD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.134 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BD7
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 215)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 35.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 3.01, -45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 45.24, 273.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.038 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.134 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2415, 24.7856, 67.7833)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BD7 #D79549

analogous

#49D2D7 #498BD7 #4E49D7

triadic

#498BD7 #D7498B #8BD749

tetradic

#498BD7 #D749D2 #D79549 #49D74E

square

#498BD7 #D749D2 #D79549 #49D74E

split-complementary

#498BD7 #D74E49 #D2D749

monochromatic

#1E4F88 #296CBA #498BD7 #7BABE2 #ADCBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#498BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#498BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BD7

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BD7	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.134 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace3',
    500: '#498bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bd7;
$custom-light: #8aace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.113,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62838,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BD7

secondary

#DBC0A1

accent

#9A41E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BD7

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

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