#498CD1#498CD1

#498CD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.125 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CD1
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 209)
HSL	hsl(210, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 33%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 0.37, -41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 41.79, 270.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0406 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.125 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6301, 24.7737, 63.8457)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CD1 #D18E49

analogous

#49D0D1 #498CD1 #4A49D1

triadic

#498CD1 #D1498C #8CD149

tetradic

#498CD1 #D149D0 #D18E49 #49D14A

square

#498CD1 #D149D0 #D18E49 #49D14A

split-complementary

#498CD1 #D14A49 #D0D149

monochromatic

#204F7F #2D6DB0 #498CD1 #7AABDD #ABCAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#498CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#498CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CD1

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CD1	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E90D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.125 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89addf',
    500: '#498cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cd1;
$custom-light: #89addf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.441,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62732,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CD1

secondary

#D7BB9E

accent

#9545E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CD1

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

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