#498DD5#498DD5

#498DD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.129 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DD5
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 213)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 33.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 1.15, -43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 43.29, 271.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0405 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.129 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2784, 25.2679, 66.5356)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DD5 #D59149

analogous

#49D3D5 #498DD5 #4B49D5

triadic

#498DD5 #D5498D #8DD549

tetradic

#498DD5 #D549D3 #D59149 #49D54B

square

#498DD5 #D549D3 #D59149 #49D54B

split-complementary

#498DD5 #D54B49 #D3D549

monochromatic

#1F5085 #2A6EB7 #498DD5 #7BACE0 #ACCBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#498DD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#498DD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DD5

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DD5	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D91D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A84D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.129 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee2',
    500: '#498dd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dd5;
$custom-light: #89aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63173,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DD5

secondary

#DABEA0

accent

#9642E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DD5

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

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