#498FD3#498FD3

#498FD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.125 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FD3
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 211)
HSL	hsl(210, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 32.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -0.71, -41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 41.41, 269.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0431 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.125 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3236, 25.7621, 65.3061)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FD3 #D38D49

analogous

#49D3D2 #498FD3 #494AD3

triadic

#498FD3 #D3498F #8FD349

tetradic

#498FD3 #D249D3 #D38D49 #4AD349

square

#498FD3 #D249D3 #D38D49 #4AD349

split-complementary

#498FD3 #D3494A #D3D249

monochromatic

#1F5282 #2B70B3 #498FD3 #7AADDF #ACCCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#498FD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#498FD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FD3

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FD3	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)

#7192D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E85D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.125 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afe1',
    500: '#498fd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fd3;
$custom-light: #89afe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.565,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63514,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FD3

secondary

#D9BB9F

accent

#9344E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FD3

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

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