#498ED0#498ED0

#498ED0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.122 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498ED0
RGBrgb(73, 142, 208)
HSLhsl(209, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(209, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 31.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(57.38, -1.14, -40.40)
CIE-LCHlch(57.38, 40.41, 268.39°)
OKLaboklab(63.13% -0.0429 -0.1142)
OKLCHoklch(63.13% 0.122 249.4)
XYZxyz(23.8016, 25.3142, 63.2940)
Luminance0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498ED0 #D08B49
analogous
#49D0CE #498ED0 #494BD0
triadic
#498ED0 #D0498E #8ED049
tetradic
#498ED0 #CE49D0 #D08B49 #4BD049
square
#498ED0 #CE49D0 #D08B49 #4BD049
split-complementary
#498ED0 #D0494B #D0CE49
monochromatic
#21507E #2D6FAF #498ED0 #7AACDD #AACAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46
#498ED0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06
#498ED0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ED0
6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498ED0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498ED01.003.466.066.06
#FFFFFF3.461.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0621.001.001.00
##0000006.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7191D3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F84CF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EA6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498ed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.122 249.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aede',
    500: '#498ed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498ed0;
$custom-light: #89aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498ed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.333,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63129,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498ED0
secondary
#D7BA9E
accent
#9246E2
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0D1015
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ED0

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#498ED0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva