#498CD5#498CD5

#498CD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.130 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CD5
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 1.73, -43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 43.76, 272.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0395 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.13 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1316, 24.9743, 66.4867)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CD5 #D59249

analogous

#49D2D5 #498CD5 #4C49D5

triadic

#498CD5 #D5498C #8CD549

tetradic

#498CD5 #D549D2 #D59249 #49D54C

square

#498CD5 #D549D2 #D59249 #49D54C

split-complementary

#498CD5 #D54C49 #D2D549

monochromatic

#1F5085 #2A6DB7 #498CD5 #7BABE0 #ACCBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#498CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#498CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CD5

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CD5	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C90D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5883D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.130 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade2',
    500: '#498cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cd5;
$custom-light: #89ade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6295,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CD5

secondary

#DABEA0

accent

#9742E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CD5

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

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