#498DCF#498DCF

#498DCF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.122 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DCF
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 207)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 31.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, -0.89, -40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 40.37, 268.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0422 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.122 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5309, 24.9689, 62.5988)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DCF #CF8B49

analogous

#49CFCE #498DCF #494ACF

triadic

#498DCF #CF498D #8DCF49

tetradic

#498DCF #CE49CF #CF8B49 #4ACF49

square

#498DCF #CE49CF #CF8B49 #4ACF49

split-complementary

#498DCF #CF494A #CFCE49

monochromatic

#214F7D #2E6EAD #498DCF #79ABDC #AACAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#498DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#498DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DCF

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DCF	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7090D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E83CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.122 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aede',
    500: '#498dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dcf;
$custom-light: #89aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.552,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6285,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DCF

secondary

#D6B99E

accent

#9346E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DCF

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

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