#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
RGBrgb(73, 140, 213)
HSLhsl(211, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(57.05, 1.73, -43.73)
CIE-LCHlch(57.05, 43.76, 272.27°)
OKLaboklab(62.95% -0.0395 -0.124)
OKLCHoklch(62.95% 0.13 252.3)
XYZxyz(24.1316, 24.9743, 66.4867)
Luminance0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##498CD51.003.506.006.00
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0021.001.001.00
##0000006.0021.001.001.00

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

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#498CD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva