#498EDB#498EDB

#498EDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.136 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EDB
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 35.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 2.61, -45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 45.79, 273.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0399 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.136 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2021, 25.8744, 70.6702)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498EDB #DB9649

analogous

#49D7DB #498EDB #4D49DB

triadic

#498EDB #DB498E #8EDB49

tetradic

#498EDB #DB49D7 #DB9649 #49DB4D

square

#498EDB #DB49D7 #DB9649 #49DB4D

split-complementary

#498EDB #DB4D49 #D7DB49

monochromatic

#1C528E #266FC1 #498EDB #7CAEE5 #AFCDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#498EDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#498EDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EDB

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EDB	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C93DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5785D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498edb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.136 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee6',
    500: '#498edb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498edb;
$custom-light: #8aaee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498edb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.644,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63726,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EDB

secondary

#DDC2A2

accent

#993EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EDB

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

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