#498ED6#498ED6

#498ED6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.129 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ED6
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 0.90, -43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 43.32, 271.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0412 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.129 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5538, 25.6150, 67.2555)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ED6 #D69149

analogous

#49D5D6 #498ED6 #4B49D6

triadic

#498ED6 #D6498E #8ED649

tetradic

#498ED6 #D649D5 #D69149 #49D64B

square

#498ED6 #D649D5 #D69149 #49D64B

split-complementary

#498ED6 #D64B49 #D5D649

monochromatic

#1E5186 #2A6FB8 #498ED6 #7BADE1 #ADCCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#498ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#498ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ED6

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ED6	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E92D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.129 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee3',
    500: '#498ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ed6;
$custom-light: #8aaee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.638,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63451,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ED6

secondary

#DABEA0

accent

#9642E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ED6

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

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