#498DD3#498DD3

#498DD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.127 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DD3
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 211)
HSL	hsl(210, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 0.46, -42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 42.31, 270.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0411 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.127 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0261, 25.1670, 65.2069)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DD3 #D38F49

analogous

#49D2D3 #498DD3 #4A49D3

triadic

#498DD3 #D3498D #8DD349

tetradic

#498DD3 #D349D2 #D38F49 #49D34A

square

#498DD3 #D349D2 #D38F49 #49D34A

split-complementary

#498DD3 #D34A49 #D2D349

monochromatic

#1F5082 #2B6EB3 #498DD3 #7AACDF #ACCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#498DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#498DD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DD3

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DD3	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E91D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.127 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee1',
    500: '#498dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dd3;
$custom-light: #89aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.435,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63064,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DD3

secondary

#D9BC9F

accent

#9544E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DD3

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

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