#498CD6#498CD6

#498CD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.131 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CD6
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 2.08, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 44.26, 272.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0392 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.131 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2589, 25.0252, 67.1572)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CD6 #D69349

analogous

#49D3D6 #498CD6 #4D49D6

triadic

#498CD6 #D6498C #8CD649

tetradic

#498CD6 #D649D3 #D69349 #49D64D

square

#498CD6 #D649D3 #D69349 #49D64D

split-complementary

#498CD6 #D64D49 #D3D649

monochromatic

#1E5086 #2A6DB8 #498CD6 #7BACE1 #ADCBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#498CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#498CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CD6

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CD6	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B90D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5883D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.131 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade3',
    500: '#498cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cd6;
$custom-light: #8aade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.489,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63005,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CD6

secondary

#DABFA0

accent

#9842E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CD6

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

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