#498DDE#498DDE

#498DDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.141 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DDE
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 36.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 4.23, -47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 47.79, 275.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0382 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.141 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4525, 25.7375, 72.7195)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DDE #DE9A49

analogous

#49D8DE #498DDE #4F49DE

triadic

#498DDE #DE498D #8DDE49

tetradic

#498DDE #DE49D8 #DE9A49 #49DE4F

square

#498DDE #DE49D8 #DE9A49 #49DE4F

split-complementary

#498DDE #DE4F49 #D8DE49

monochromatic

#1A5192 #246EC6 #498DDE #7DADE7 #B1CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#498DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#498DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DDE

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DDE	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6992E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.141 254.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.617,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63674,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DDE

secondary

#DFC4A4

accent

#9C3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DDE

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

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