#498BD8#498BD8

#498BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.135 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BD8
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 3.35, -45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 45.75, 274.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0377 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.135 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3704, 24.8371, 68.4621)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BD8 #D89649

analogous

#49D2D8 #498BD8 #4F49D8

triadic

#498BD8 #D8498B #8BD849

tetradic

#498BD8 #D849D2 #D89649 #49D84F

square

#498BD8 #D849D2 #D89649 #49D84F

split-complementary

#498BD8 #D84F49 #D2D849

monochromatic

#1D4F89 #286CBC #498BD8 #7BABE3 #AECBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#498BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#498BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BD8

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BD8	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.135 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace4',
    500: '#498bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bd8;
$custom-light: #8aace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62894,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BD8

secondary

#DCC1A1

accent

#9A40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BD8

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

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