#498CD2#498CD2

#498CD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.126 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CD2
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(211, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 0.71, -42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 42.28, 270.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0403 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.126 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7543, 24.8234, 64.4998)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CD2 #D28F49

analogous

#49D0D2 #498CD2 #4A49D2

triadic

#498CD2 #D2498C #8CD249

tetradic

#498CD2 #D249D0 #D28F49 #49D24A

square

#498CD2 #D249D0 #D28F49 #49D24A

split-complementary

#498CD2 #D24A49 #D0D249

monochromatic

#204F81 #2C6DB2 #498CD2 #7AABDE #ABCAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#498CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#498CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CD2

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CD2	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.126 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade0',
    500: '#498cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cd2;
$custom-light: #89ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.657,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62786,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CD2

secondary

#D8BC9F

accent

#9644E3

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CD2

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

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