#498DDB#498DDB

#498DDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.137 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DDB
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 35.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, 3.20, -46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 46.28, 273.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0389 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.137 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0540, 25.5781, 70.6208)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DDB #DB9749

analogous

#49D6DB #498DDB #4E49DB

triadic

#498DDB #DB498D #8DDB49

tetradic

#498DDB #DB49D6 #DB9749 #49DB4E

square

#498DDB #DB49D6 #DB9749 #49DB4E

split-complementary

#498DDB #DB4E49 #D6DB49

monochromatic

#1C518E #266EC1 #498DDB #7CADE5 #AFCDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#498DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#498DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DDB

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DDB	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A92DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.137 253.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.055,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63505,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DDB

secondary

#DDC2A2

accent

#9A3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DDB

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

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