#498ED3#498ED3

#498ED3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.126 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ED3
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 211)
HSL	hsl(210, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 32.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -0.12, -41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 41.86, 269.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0421 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.126 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1742, 25.4632, 65.2563)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ED3 #D38E49

analogous

#49D3D3 #498ED3 #4949D3

triadic

#498ED3 #D3498E #8ED349

tetradic

#498ED3 #D349D3 #D38E49 #49D349

square

#498ED3 #D349D3 #D38E49 #49D349

split-complementary

#498ED3 #D34949 #D3D349

monochromatic

#1F5182 #2B6FB3 #498ED3 #7AADDF #ACCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#498ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#498ED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ED3

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ED3	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7091D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.126 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee1',
    500: '#498ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ed3;
$custom-light: #89aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63289,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ED3

secondary

#D9BC9F

accent

#9444E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ED3

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

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