#498ED5#498ED5

#498ED5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.128 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ED5
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 213)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 0.56, -42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 42.83, 270.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0415 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.128 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4265, 25.5641, 66.5850)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ED5 #D59049

analogous

#49D4D5 #498ED5 #4A49D5

triadic

#498ED5 #D5498E #8ED549

tetradic

#498ED5 #D549D4 #D59049 #49D54A

square

#498ED5 #D549D4 #D59049 #49D54A

split-complementary

#498ED5 #D54A49 #D4D549

monochromatic

#1F5185 #2A6FB7 #498ED5 #7BADE0 #ACCCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#498ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#498ED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ED5

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ED5	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F92D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.128 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee2',
    500: '#498ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ed5;
$custom-light: #89aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63397,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ED5

secondary

#DABDA0

accent

#9542E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ED5

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

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