#498DD7#498DD7

#498DD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.132 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DD7
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 215)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 34.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 1.83, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 44.28, 272.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.04 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.132 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5338, 25.3700, 67.8808)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DD7 #D79349

analogous

#49D4D7 #498DD7 #4C49D7

triadic

#498DD7 #D7498D #8DD749

tetradic

#498DD7 #D749D4 #D79349 #49D74C

square

#498DD7 #D749D4 #D79349 #49D74C

split-complementary

#498DD7 #D74C49 #D4D749

monochromatic

#1E5188 #296EBA #498DD7 #7BACE2 #ADCCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#498DD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#498DD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DD7

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DD7	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C91DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.132 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee3',
    500: '#498dd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dd7;
$custom-light: #8aaee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.268,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63283,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DD7

secondary

#DBBFA1

accent

#9741E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DD7

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

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