#498DDD#498DDD

#498DDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.139 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DDD
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 36.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 3.89, -47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 47.28, 274.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0384 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.139 254)
XYZ	xyz(25.3189, 25.6841, 72.0158)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DDD #DD9949

analogous

#49D7DD #498DDD #4F49DD

triadic

#498DDD #DD498D #8DDD49

tetradic

#498DDD #DD49D7 #DD9949 #49DD4F

square

#498DDD #DD49D7 #DD9949 #49DD4F

split-complementary

#498DDD #DD4F49 #D7DD49

monochromatic

#1B5191 #256EC4 #498DDD #7DADE7 #B0CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#498DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#498DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DDD

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DDD	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6992E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.139 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade8',
    500: '#498ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ddd;
$custom-light: #8bade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63617,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.25687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DDD

secondary

#DFC3A3

accent

#9B3CEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DDD

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

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