#498DC8#498DC8

#498DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.113 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DC8
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, -3.25, -36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 37.07, 264.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0442 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.113 247)
XYZ	xyz(22.6940, 24.6341, 58.1913)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DC8 #C88449

analogous

#49C8C3 #498DC8 #494DC8

triadic

#498DC8 #C8498D #8DC849

tetradic

#498DC8 #C349C8 #C88449 #4DC849

square

#498DC8 #C349C8 #C88449 #4DC849

split-complementary

#498DC8 #C8494D #C8C349

monochromatic

#234E74 #316EA3 #498DC8 #78AAD6 #A7C8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#498DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#498DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DC8

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DC8	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.113 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed9',
    500: '#498dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dc8;
$custom-light: #88aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.874,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62484,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.24636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DC8

secondary

#D2B49B

accent

#8F4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DC8

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

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