#498ED7#498ED7

#498ED7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.131 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ED7
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 215)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 34%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 1.24, -43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 43.81, 271.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.041 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.131 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6819, 25.6663, 67.9301)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ED7 #D79249

analogous

#49D5D7 #498ED7 #4B49D7

triadic

#498ED7 #D7498E #8ED749

tetradic

#498ED7 #D749D5 #D79249 #49D74B

square

#498ED7 #D749D5 #D79249 #49D74B

split-complementary

#498ED7 #D74B49 #D5D749

monochromatic

#1E5188 #296FBA #498ED7 #7BADE2 #ADCCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#498ED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#498ED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ED7

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ED7	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E92DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A85D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.131 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee3',
    500: '#498ed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ed7;
$custom-light: #8aaee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.845,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63506,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ED7

secondary

#DBBFA1

accent

#9641E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ED7

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

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