#498FD5#498FD5

#498FD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.127 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FD5
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 213)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -0.03, -42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 42.38, 269.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0425 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.127 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5759, 25.8630, 66.6348)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FD5 #D58F49

analogous

#49D5D5 #498FD5 #4949D5

triadic

#498FD5 #D5498F #8FD549

tetradic

#498FD5 #D549D5 #D58F49 #49D549

square

#498FD5 #D549D5 #D58F49 #49D549

split-complementary

#498FD5 #D54949 #D5D549

monochromatic

#1F5285 #2A70B7 #498FD5 #7BAEE0 #ACCCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#498FD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#498FD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FD5

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FD5	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7093D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D85D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.127 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afe2',
    500: '#498fd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fd5;
$custom-light: #89afe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63621,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FD5

secondary

#DABDA0

accent

#9442E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FD5

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

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