#498ED4#498ED4

#498ED4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.127 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ED4
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 212)
HSL	hsl(210, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 33%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 0.22, -42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 42.34, 270.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0418 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.127 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2999, 25.5135, 65.9186)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ED4 #D48F49

analogous

#49D3D4 #498ED4 #4949D4

triadic

#498ED4 #D4498E #8ED449

tetradic

#498ED4 #D449D3 #D48F49 #49D449

square

#498ED4 #D449D3 #D48F49 #49D449

split-complementary

#498ED4 #D44949 #D3D449

monochromatic

#1F5184 #2B6FB5 #498ED4 #7BADE0 #ACCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#498ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#498ED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ED4

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ED4	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F92D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.127 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee1',
    500: '#498ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ed4;
$custom-light: #89aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.216,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63343,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ED4

secondary

#D9BDA0

accent

#9443E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ED4

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

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