#498ED8#498ED8

#498ED8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.132 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ED8
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 34.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 1.58, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 44.30, 272.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0407 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.132 252)
XYZ	xyz(24.8108, 25.7178, 68.6089)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498ED8 #D89349

analogous

#49D6D8 #498ED8 #4C49D8

triadic

#498ED8 #D8498E #8ED849

tetradic

#498ED8 #D849D6 #D89349 #49D84C

square

#498ED8 #D849D6 #D89349 #49D84C

split-complementary

#498ED8 #D84C49 #D6D849

monochromatic

#1D5189 #286FBC #498ED8 #7BADE3 #AECDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#498ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#498ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ED8

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ED8	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D92DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5985D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.132 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee4',
    500: '#498ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ed8;
$custom-light: #8aaee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.049,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6356,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.2572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ED8

secondary

#DCBFA1

accent

#9740E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ED8

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

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