#498BDD#498BDD

#498BDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.141 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BDD
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 5.08, -48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 48.28, 276.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0365 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.141 255)
XYZ	xyz(25.0267, 25.0996, 71.9184)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BDD #DD9B49

analogous

#49D5DD #498BDD #5149DD

triadic

#498BDD #DD498B #8BDD49

tetradic

#498BDD #DD49D5 #DD9B49 #49DD51

square

#498BDD #DD49D5 #DD9B49 #49DD51

split-complementary

#498BDD #DD5149 #D5DD49

monochromatic

#1B4F91 #256CC4 #498BDD #7DACE7 #B0CDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#498BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#498BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BDD

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BDD	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6691E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.141 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace8',
    500: '#498bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bdd;
$custom-light: #8bace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.243,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63177,
    "c": 0.14132,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.25102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BDD

secondary

#DFC4A3

accent

#9D3CEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BDD

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

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