#498BDE#498BDE

#498BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.143 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498BDE
RGBrgb(73, 139, 222)
HSLhsl(213, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.22, 5.42, -48.49)
CIE-LCHlch(57.22, 48.80, 276.38°)
OKLaboklab(63.24% -0.0363 -0.1379)
OKLCHoklch(63.24% 0.143 255.3)
XYZxyz(25.1603, 25.1531, 72.6221)
Luminance0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498BDE #DE9C49
analogous
#49D5DE #498BDE #5249DE
triadic
#498BDE #DE498B #8BDE49
tetradic
#498BDE #DE49D5 #DE9C49 #49DE52
square
#498BDE #DE49D5 #DE9C49 #49DE52
split-complementary
#498BDE #DE5249 #D5DE49
monochromatic
#1A4F92 #246CC6 #498BDE #7DACE7 #B1CDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48
#498BDE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03
#498BDE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BDE
6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498BDE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498BDE1.003.486.036.03
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0321.001.001.00
##0000006.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6691E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5083DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.143 255.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace9',
    500: '#498bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498bde;
$custom-light: #8bace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.423,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63235,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498BDE
secondary
#DFC5A4
accent
#9E3CEC
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FD
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BDE

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