#498CDB#498CDB

#498CDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.138 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CDB
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 36.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 3.79, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 46.77, 274.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.038 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.138 254)
XYZ	xyz(24.9072, 25.2846, 70.5719)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CDB #DB9849

analogous

#49D5DB #498CDB #4F49DB

triadic

#498CDB #DB498C #8CDB49

tetradic

#498CDB #DB49D5 #DB9849 #49DB4F

square

#498CDB #DB49D5 #DB9849 #49DB4F

split-complementary

#498CDB #DB4F49 #D5DB49

monochromatic

#1C508E #266DC1 #498CDB #7CACE5 #AFCDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#498CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#498CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CDB

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CDB	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6991DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.138 254.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.466,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63284,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.25287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CDB

secondary

#DDC2A2

accent

#9B3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CDB

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

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