#498FD9#498FD9

#498FD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.132 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FD9
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 217)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 1.34, -44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 44.33, 271.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0414 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.132 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0899, 26.0686, 69.3417)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FD9 #D99349

analogous

#49D7D9 #498FD9 #4B49D9

triadic

#498FD9 #D9498F #8FD949

tetradic

#498FD9 #D949D7 #D99349 #49D94B

square

#498FD9 #D949D7 #D99349 #49D94B

split-complementary

#498FD9 #D94B49 #D7D949

monochromatic

#1D528B #2870BD #498FD9 #7CAEE4 #AECDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#498FD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#498FD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FD9

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FD9	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E93DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A85D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.132 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aafe5',
    500: '#498fd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fd9;
$custom-light: #8aafe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.833,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63838,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FD9

secondary

#DCC0A2

accent

#963FE8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FD9

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

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