#498ECD#498ECD

#498ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.118 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ECD
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, -2.15, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 38.99, 266.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0438 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.118 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4360, 25.1679, 61.3686)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ECD #CD8849

analogous

#49CDCA #498ECD #494CCD

triadic

#498ECD #CD498E #8ECD49

tetradic

#498ECD #CA49CD #CD8849 #4CCD49

square

#498ECD #CA49CD #CD8849 #4CCD49

split-complementary

#498ECD #CD494C #CDCA49

monochromatic

#22507A #2F6FAA #498ECD #79ACDA #A9CAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#498ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#498ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ECD

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ECD	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6084CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.118 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedc',
    500: '#498ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ecd;
$custom-light: #88aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62971,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ECD

secondary

#D5B89D

accent

#9048E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ECD

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

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