#498DDC#498DDC

#498DDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.138 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DDC
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 220)
HSL	hsl(212, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 35.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 3.54, -46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 46.78, 274.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0387 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.138 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1861, 25.6310, 71.3162)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DDC #DC9849

analogous

#49D6DC #498DDC #4F49DC

triadic

#498DDC #DC498D #8DDC49

tetradic

#498DDC #DC49D6 #DC9849 #49DC4F

square

#498DDC #DC49D6 #DC9849 #49DC4F

split-complementary

#498DDC #DC4F49 #D6DC49

monochromatic

#1C518F #256EC2 #498DDC #7CADE6 #B0CDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#498DDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#498DDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DDC

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DDC	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A92DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.138 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade7',
    500: '#498ddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ddc;
$custom-light: #8bade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.245,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63561,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DDC

secondary

#DEC3A3

accent

#9A3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DDC

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

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