#498CDA#498CDA

#498CDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.136 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CDA
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 218)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 35.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 3.45, -46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 46.26, 274.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0382 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.136 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7760, 25.2321, 69.8806)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CDA #DA9749

analogous

#49D4DA #498CDA #4F49DA

triadic

#498CDA #DA498C #8CDA49

tetradic

#498CDA #DA49D4 #DA9749 #49DA4F

square

#498CDA #DA49D4 #DA9749 #49DA4F

split-complementary

#498CDA #DA4F49 #D4DA49

monochromatic

#1C508C #276DBF #498CDA #7CACE4 #AFCCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#498CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#498CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CDA

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CDA	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6991DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.136 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade6',
    500: '#498cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cda;
$custom-light: #8aade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.276,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63227,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CDA

secondary

#DDC2A2

accent

#9A3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CDA

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

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