#498CD8#498CD8

#498CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.134 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CD8
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 2.76, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 45.26, 273.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0387 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.134 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5159, 25.1280, 68.5106)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CD8 #D89549

analogous

#49D4D8 #498CD8 #4E49D8

triadic

#498CD8 #D8498C #8CD849

tetradic

#498CD8 #D849D4 #D89549 #49D84E

square

#498CD8 #D849D4 #D89549 #49D84E

split-complementary

#498CD8 #D84E49 #D4D849

monochromatic

#1D5089 #286DBC #498CD8 #7BACE3 #AECCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#498CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#498CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CD8

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CD8	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5683D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.134 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade4',
    500: '#498cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cd8;
$custom-light: #8aade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.888,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63116,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CD8

secondary

#DCC0A1

accent

#9940E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CD8

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

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