#498ED9#498ED9

#498ED9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.133 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ED9
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 217)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 1.92, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 44.80, 272.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0404 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.133 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9404, 25.7697, 69.2918)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ED9 #D99449

analogous

#49D6D9 #498ED9 #4C49D9

triadic

#498ED9 #D9498E #8ED949

tetradic

#498ED9 #D949D6 #D99449 #49D94C

square

#498ED9 #D949D6 #D99449 #49D94C

split-complementary

#498ED9 #D94C49 #D6D949

monochromatic

#1D528B #286FBD #498ED9 #7CADE4 #AECDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#498ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#498ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ED9

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ED9	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D92DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5985D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.133 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee5',
    500: '#498ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ed9;
$custom-light: #8aaee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.25,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63615,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ED9

secondary

#DCC0A2

accent

#973FE8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ED9

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

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