#498BDA#498BDA

#498BDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.137 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498BDA
RGBrgb(73, 139, 218)
HSLhsl(213, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(213, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(57.02, 4.04, -46.58)
CIE-LCHlch(57.02, 46.76, 274.96°)
OKLaboklab(63.01% -0.0372 -0.1323)
OKLCHoklch(63.01% 0.137 254.3)
XYZxyz(24.6305, 24.9412, 69.8321)
Luminance0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498BDA #DA9849
analogous
#49D3DA #498BDA #5049DA
triadic
#498BDA #DA498B #8BDA49
tetradic
#498BDA #DA49D3 #DA9849 #49DA50
square
#498BDA #DA49D3 #DA9849 #49DA50
split-complementary
#498BDA #DA5049 #D3DA49
monochromatic
#1C4F8C #276CBF #498BDA #7CABE4 #AFCCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51
#498BDA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99
#498BDA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BDA
5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498BDA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498BDA1.003.515.995.99
#FFFFFF3.511.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9921.001.001.00
##0000005.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6890DD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5383D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009DA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.137 254.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace6',
    500: '#498bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498bda;
$custom-light: #8aace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.69,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63006,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498BDA
secondary
#DDC2A2
accent
#9C3FE9
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#498BDA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva