#498DCD#498DCD

#498DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.119 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DCD
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, -1.57, -39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 39.42, 267.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.0427 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.119 249)
XYZ	xyz(23.2879, 24.8717, 61.3192)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DCD #CD8949

analogous

#49CDCB #498DCD #494BCD

triadic

#498DCD #CD498D #8DCD49

tetradic

#498DCD #CB49CD #CD8949 #4BCD49

square

#498DCD #CB49CD #CD8949 #4BCD49

split-complementary

#498DCD #CD494B #CDCB49

monochromatic

#224F7A #2F6EAA #498DCD #79ABDA #A9C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#498DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#498DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DCD

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DCD	1.00	3.51	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.119 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedc',
    500: '#498dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dcd;
$custom-light: #88aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62744,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.24874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DCD

secondary

#D5B89D

accent

#9248E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DCD

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

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