#498CD7#498CD7

#498CD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.133 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CD7
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 2.42, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 44.76, 273.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.039 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.133 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3870, 25.0765, 67.8318)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498CD7 #D79449

analogous

#49D3D7 #498CD7 #4D49D7

triadic

#498CD7 #D7498C #8CD749

tetradic

#498CD7 #D749D3 #D79449 #49D74D

square

#498CD7 #D749D3 #D79449 #49D74D

split-complementary

#498CD7 #D74D49 #D3D749

monochromatic

#1E5088 #296DBA #498CD7 #7BACE2 #ADCBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#498CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#498CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CD7

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CD7	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B91DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.133 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade3',
    500: '#498cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cd7;
$custom-light: #8aade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.69,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6306,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CD7

secondary

#DBC0A1

accent

#9941E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CD7

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

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