#498CD3#498CD3

#498CD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.128 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CD3
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, 1.05, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 42.77, 271.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.04 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.128 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8793, 24.8734, 65.1580)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CD3 #D39049

analogous

#49D1D3 #498CD3 #4B49D3

triadic

#498CD3 #D3498C #8CD349

tetradic

#498CD3 #D349D1 #D39049 #49D34B

square

#498CD3 #D349D1 #D39049 #49D34B

split-complementary

#498CD3 #D34B49 #D1D349

monochromatic

#1F4F82 #2B6DB3 #498CD3 #7AABDF #ACCAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#498CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#498CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CD3

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CD3	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.128 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade1',
    500: '#498cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cd3;
$custom-light: #89ade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.87,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6284,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CD3

secondary

#D9BD9F

accent

#9644E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CD3

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

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