#498EDD#498EDD

#498EDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.138 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EDD
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, 3.30, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 46.79, 274.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0394 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.138 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4670, 25.9803, 72.0652)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498EDD #DD9849

analogous

#49D8DD #498EDD #4E49DD

triadic

#498EDD #DD498E #8EDD49

tetradic

#498EDD #DD49D8 #DD9849 #49DD4E

square

#498EDD #DD49D8 #DD9849 #49DD4E

split-complementary

#498EDD #DD4E49 #D8DD49

monochromatic

#1B5291 #256FC4 #498EDD #7DAEE7 #B0CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#498EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#498EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EDD

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EDD	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B93E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5685DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.138 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee8',
    500: '#498edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498edd;
$custom-light: #8baee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.027,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63838,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EDD

secondary

#DFC3A3

accent

#9A3CEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EDD

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

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