#498DD6#498DD6

#498DD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.130 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DD6
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, 1.49, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 43.79, 271.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0402 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.13 252)
XYZ	xyz(24.4057, 25.3188, 67.2061)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DD6 #D69249

analogous

#49D4D6 #498DD6 #4C49D6

triadic

#498DD6 #D6498D #8DD649

tetradic

#498DD6 #D649D4 #D69249 #49D64C

square

#498DD6 #D649D4 #D69249 #49D64C

split-complementary

#498DD6 #D64C49 #D4D649

monochromatic

#1E5086 #2A6EB8 #498DD6 #7BACE1 #ADCCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#498DD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#498DD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DD6

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DD6	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D91D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.130 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee3',
    500: '#498dd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dd6;
$custom-light: #8aaee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.064,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63228,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.25321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DD6

secondary

#DABEA0

accent

#9742E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DD6

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

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