#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
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 5.42, -48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 48.80, 276.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0363 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.143 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1603, 25.1531, 72.6221)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##498BDE	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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