#498FD0#498FD0

#498FD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.121 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FD0
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 208)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 31.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -1.72, -39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 39.98, 267.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0439 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.121 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9511, 25.6131, 63.3439)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FD0 #D08A49

analogous

#49D0CE #498FD0 #494BD0

triadic

#498FD0 #D0498F #8FD049

tetradic

#498FD0 #CE49D0 #D08A49 #4BD049

square

#498FD0 #CE49D0 #D08A49 #4BD049

split-complementary

#498FD0 #D0494B #D0CE49

monochromatic

#21517E #2D70AF #498FD0 #7AADDD #AACBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#498FD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#498FD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FD0

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FD0	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7392D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6085CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.121 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afde',
    500: '#498fd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fd0;
$custom-light: #89afde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63355,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FD0

secondary

#D7B99E

accent

#9146E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FD0

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

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