#498DCE#498DCE

#498DCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.120 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DCE
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(209, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -1.23, -39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 39.89, 268.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0424 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.12 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4090, 24.9201, 61.9570)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DCE #CE8A49

analogous

#49CECC #498DCE #494BCE

triadic

#498DCE #CE498D #8DCE49

tetradic

#498DCE #CC49CE #CE8A49 #4BCE49

square

#498DCE #CC49CE #CE8A49 #4BCE49

split-complementary

#498DCE #CE494B #CECC49

monochromatic

#214F7B #2E6EAC #498DCE #79ABDB #A9C9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#498DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#498DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DCE

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DCE	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E83CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.120 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedd',
    500: '#498dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dce;
$custom-light: #88aedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.323,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62797,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DCE

secondary

#D5B99D

accent

#9247E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DCE

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

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