#498CDE#498CDE

#498CDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.142 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498CDE
RGBrgb(73, 140, 222)
HSLhsl(213, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 36.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.51, 4.83, -48.05)
CIE-LCHlch(57.51, 48.29, 275.74°)
OKLaboklab(63.45% -0.0372 -0.1366)
OKLCHoklch(63.45% 0.142 254.8)
XYZxyz(25.3057, 25.4440, 72.6706)
Luminance0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498CDE #DE9B49
analogous
#49D6DE #498CDE #5049DE
triadic
#498CDE #DE498C #8CDE49
tetradic
#498CDE #DE49D6 #DE9B49 #49DE50
square
#498CDE #DE49D6 #DE9B49 #49DE50
split-complementary
#498CDE #DE5049 #D6DE49
monochromatic
#1A5092 #246DC6 #498CDE #7DADE7 #B1CDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45
#498CDE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09
#498CDE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CDE
6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498CDE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498CDE1.003.456.096.09
#FFFFFF3.451.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0921.001.001.00
##0000006.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6792E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5284DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009FAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.142 254.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade9',
    500: '#498cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498cde;
$custom-light: #8bade9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.02,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63454,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498CDE
secondary
#DFC4A4
accent
#9D3CEC
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FD
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#498CDE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva