#498FD6#498FD6

#498FD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.129 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FD6
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 214)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 0.31, -42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 42.86, 270.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0422 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.129 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7032, 25.9139, 67.3053)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FD6 #D69049

analogous

#49D6D6 #498FD6 #4A49D6

triadic

#498FD6 #D6498F #8FD649

tetradic

#498FD6 #D649D6 #D69049 #49D64A

square

#498FD6 #D649D6 #D69049 #49D64A

split-complementary

#498FD6 #D64A49 #D6D649

monochromatic

#1E5286 #2A70B8 #498FD6 #7BAEE1 #ADCCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#498FD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#498FD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FD6

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FD6	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)

#7093D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C85D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.129 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aafe3',
    500: '#498fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fd6;
$custom-light: #8aafe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.213,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63675,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FD6

secondary

#DABEA0

accent

#9442E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FD6

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

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