#498CD0#498CD0

#498CD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.124 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CD0
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(210, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.81, 0.03, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.81, 41.30, 270.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0409 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.124 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5067, 24.7244, 63.1957)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CD0 #D08D49

analogous

#49D0D0 #498CD0 #4949D0

triadic

#498CD0 #D0498C #8CD049

tetradic

#498CD0 #D049D0 #D08D49 #49D049

square

#498CD0 #D049D0 #D08D49 #49D049

split-complementary

#498CD0 #D04949 #D0D049

monochromatic

#214F7E #2D6DAF #498CD0 #7AABDD #AAC9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#498CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#498CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CD0

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CD0	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.124 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89adde',
    500: '#498cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cd0;
$custom-light: #89adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.222,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62678,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CD0

secondary

#D7BB9E

accent

#9446E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CD0

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

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