#498CCE#498CCE

#498CCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.121 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CCE
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 32%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, -0.65, -40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 40.33, 269.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0414 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.121 250)
XYZ	xyz(23.2622, 24.6266, 61.9080)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498CCE #CE8B49

analogous

#49CECD #498CCE #494ACE

triadic

#498CCE #CE498C #8CCE49

tetradic

#498CCE #CD49CE #CE8B49 #4ACE49

square

#498CCE #CD49CE #CE8B49 #4ACE49

split-complementary

#498CCE #CE494A #CECD49

monochromatic

#214F7B #2E6DAC #498CCE #79AADB #A9C9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#498CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#498CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CCE

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CCE	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.121 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88addd',
    500: '#498cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cce;
$custom-light: #88addd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.774,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62571,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.24629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CCE

secondary

#D5B99D

accent

#9347E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CCE

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

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