#498BDC#498BDC

#498BDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.140 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BDC
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 220)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 36.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 4.73, -47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 47.77, 275.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0367 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.14 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8938, 25.0465, 71.2188)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BDC #DC9A49

analogous

#49D5DC #498BDC #5049DC

triadic

#498BDC #DC498B #8BDC49

tetradic

#498BDC #DC49D5 #DC9A49 #49DC50

square

#498BDC #DC49D5 #DC9A49 #49DC50

split-complementary

#498BDC #DC5049 #D5DC49

monochromatic

#1C4F8F #256CC2 #498BDC #7CACE6 #B0CCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#498BDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#498BDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BDC

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BDC	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6791DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.140 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace7',
    500: '#498bdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bdc;
$custom-light: #8bace7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.061,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6312,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BDC

secondary

#DEC3A3

accent

#9D3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BDC

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

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