#498DDA#498DDA

#498DDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.135 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DDA
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 218)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 35.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 2.86, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 45.78, 273.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0392 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.135 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9228, 25.5256, 69.9296)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498DDA #DA9649

analogous

#49D6DA #498DDA #4E49DA

triadic

#498DDA #DA498D #8DDA49

tetradic

#498DDA #DA49D6 #DA9649 #49DA4E

square

#498DDA #DA49D6 #DA9649 #49DA4E

split-complementary

#498DDA #DA4E49 #D6DA49

monochromatic

#1C518C #276EBF #498DDA #7CADE4 #AFCDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#498DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#498DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DDA

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DDA	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B92DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.135 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade6',
    500: '#498dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498dda;
$custom-light: #8aade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.862,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63449,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DDA

secondary

#DDC1A2

accent

#993FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DDA

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

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