#498DD8#498DD8

#498DD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.133 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DD8
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 34.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 2.17, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 44.78, 272.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0397 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.133 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6626, 25.4216, 68.5595)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DD8 #D89449

analogous

#49D4D8 #498DD8 #4D49D8

triadic

#498DD8 #D8498D #8DD849

tetradic

#498DD8 #D849D4 #D89449 #49D84D

square

#498DD8 #D849D4 #D89449 #49D84D

split-complementary

#498DD8 #D84D49 #D4D849

monochromatic

#1D5189 #286EBC #498DD8 #7BADE3 #AECCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#498DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#498DD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DD8

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DD8	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5884D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.133 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee4',
    500: '#498dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dd8;
$custom-light: #8aaee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.469,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63338,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DD8

secondary

#DCC0A1

accent

#9840E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DD8

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

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