#498CCD#498CCD

#498CCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.120 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CCD
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, -0.98, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 39.85, 268.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0417 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.12 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1411, 24.5781, 61.2703)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CCD #CD8A49

analogous

#49CDCC #498CCD #494ACD

triadic

#498CCD #CD498C #8CCD49

tetradic

#498CCD #CC49CD #CD8A49 #4ACD49

square

#498CCD #CC49CD #CD8A49 #4ACD49

split-complementary

#498CCD #CD494A #CDCC49

monochromatic

#224E7A #2F6DAA #498CCD #79AADA #A9C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#498CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#498CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CCD

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CCD	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.120 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88addc',
    500: '#498ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ccd;
$custom-light: #88addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62518,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CCD

secondary

#D5B89D

accent

#9348E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CCD

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

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