#498DD9#498DD9

#498DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.134 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DD9
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 2.51, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 45.28, 273.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0394 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.134 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7923, 25.4735, 69.2425)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DD9 #D99549

analogous

#49D5D9 #498DD9 #4D49D9

triadic

#498DD9 #D9498D #8DD949

tetradic

#498DD9 #D949D5 #D99549 #49D94D

square

#498DD9 #D949D5 #D99549 #49D94D

split-complementary

#498DD9 #D94D49 #D5D949

monochromatic

#1D518B #286EBD #498DD9 #7CADE4 #AECCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#498DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#498DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DD9

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DD9	1.00	3.45	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B92DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.134 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee5',
    500: '#498dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dd9;
$custom-light: #8aaee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.667,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63393,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DD9

secondary

#DCC1A2

accent

#993FE8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DD9

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

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