#498DD4#498DD4

#498DD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.128 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DD4
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 212)
HSL	hsl(211, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 33.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 0.80, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 42.80, 271.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0408 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.128 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1518, 25.2173, 65.8692)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DD4 #D49049

analogous

#49D3D4 #498DD4 #4A49D4

triadic

#498DD4 #D4498D #8DD449

tetradic

#498DD4 #D449D3 #D49049 #49D44A

square

#498DD4 #D449D3 #D49049 #49D44A

split-complementary

#498DD4 #D44A49 #D3D449

monochromatic

#1F5084 #2B6EB5 #498DD4 #7BACE0 #ACCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#498DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#498DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DD4

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DD4	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E91D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.128 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee1',
    500: '#498dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dd4;
$custom-light: #89aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.647,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63118,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DD4

secondary

#D9BDA0

accent

#9643E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DD4

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

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