#498DD1#498DD1

#498DD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.124 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DD1
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 209)
HSL	hsl(210, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 32.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, -0.22, -41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 41.34, 269.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0416 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.124 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7769, 25.0673, 63.8947)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DD1 #D18D49

analogous

#49D1D1 #498DD1 #4949D1

triadic

#498DD1 #D1498D #8DD149

tetradic

#498DD1 #D149D1 #D18D49 #49D149

square

#498DD1 #D149D1 #D18D49 #49D149

split-complementary

#498DD1 #D14949 #D1D149

monochromatic

#20507F #2D6EB0 #498DD1 #7AACDD #ABCAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#498DD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#498DD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DD1

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DD1	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F90D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D83D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.124 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aedf',
    500: '#498dd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dd1;
$custom-light: #89aedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62957,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DD1

secondary

#D7BB9E

accent

#9445E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DD1

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

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