#498CDC#498CDC

#498CDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.139 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CDC
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 4.14, -47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 47.27, 275.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0377 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.139 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0393, 25.3374, 71.2673)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CDC #DC9949

analogous

#49D6DC #498CDC #4F49DC

triadic

#498CDC #DC498C #8CDC49

tetradic

#498CDC #DC49D6 #DC9949 #49DC4F

square

#498CDC #DC49D6 #DC9949 #49DC4F

split-complementary

#498CDC #DC4F49 #D6DC49

monochromatic

#1C508F #256DC2 #498CDC #7CACE6 #B0CDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#498CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#498CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CDC

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CDC	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6891DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.139 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade7',
    500: '#498cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cdc;
$custom-light: #8bade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.653,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6334,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CDC

secondary

#DEC3A3

accent

#9C3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CDC

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

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