#498DD2#498DD2

#498DD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.125 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DD2
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 210)
HSL	hsl(210, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 32.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, 0.12, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 41.82, 270.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0413 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.125 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9011, 25.1170, 64.5487)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DD2 #D28E49

analogous

#49D1D2 #498DD2 #4949D2

triadic

#498DD2 #D2498D #8DD249

tetradic

#498DD2 #D249D1 #D28E49 #49D249

square

#498DD2 #D249D1 #D28E49 #49D249

split-complementary

#498DD2 #D24949 #D1D249

monochromatic

#205081 #2C6EB2 #498DD2 #7AACDE #ABCAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#498DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#498DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DD2

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DD2	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F90D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C83D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.125 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee0',
    500: '#498dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dd2;
$custom-light: #89aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.219,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6301,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DD2

secondary

#D8BC9F

accent

#9444E3

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DD2

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

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