#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
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 208)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 31.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -1.14, -40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 40.41, 268.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0429 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.122 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8016, 25.3142, 63.2940)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##498ED0	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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