#498ECF#498ECF

#498ECF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.121 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ECF
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 207)
HSL	hsl(209, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 31.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -1.48, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 39.94, 267.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0432 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.121 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6790, 25.2651, 62.6481)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498ECF #CF8A49

analogous

#49CFCD #498ECF #494BCF

triadic

#498ECF #CF498E #8ECF49

tetradic

#498ECF #CD49CF #CF8A49 #4BCF49

square

#498ECF #CD49CF #CF8A49 #4BCF49

split-complementary

#498ECF #CF494B #CFCD49

monochromatic

#21507D #2E6FAD #498ECF #79ACDC #AACAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#498ECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#498ECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ECF

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ECF	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7291D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F84CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.121 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aede',
    500: '#498ecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ecf;
$custom-light: #89aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.104,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63076,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ECF

secondary

#D6B99E

accent

#9246E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ECF

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

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