#498BD9#498BD9

#498BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.136 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BD9
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 3.70, -46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 46.25, 274.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0375 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.136 254)
XYZ	xyz(24.5001, 24.8890, 69.1451)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498BD9 #D99749

analogous

#49D3D9 #498BD9 #4F49D9

triadic

#498BD9 #D9498B #8BD949

tetradic

#498BD9 #D949D3 #D99749 #49D94F

square

#498BD9 #D949D3 #D99749 #49D94F

split-complementary

#498BD9 #D94F49 #D3D949

monochromatic

#1D4F8B #286CBD #498BD9 #7CABE4 #AECCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#498BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#498BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BD9

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BD9	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6890DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.136 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace5',
    500: '#498bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bd9;
$custom-light: #8aace5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.5,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6295,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.24891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BD9

secondary

#DCC1A2

accent

#9B3FE8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BD9

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

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