#498FDC#498FDC

#498FDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.136 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FDC
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 220)
HSL	hsl(211, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 35%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 2.36, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 45.81, 272.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0406 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.136 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4836, 26.2261, 71.4154)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498FDC #DC9649

analogous

#49D8DC #498FDC #4D49DC

triadic

#498FDC #DC498F #8FDC49

tetradic

#498FDC #DC49D8 #DC9649 #49DC4D

square

#498FDC #DC49D8 #DC9649 #49DC4D

split-complementary

#498FDC #DC4D49 #D8DC49

monochromatic

#1C538F #2570C2 #498FDC #7CAFE6 #B0CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#498FDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#498FDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FDC

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FDC	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D94DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.136 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bafe7',
    500: '#498fdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fdc;
$custom-light: #8bafe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64003,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FDC

secondary

#DEC2A3

accent

#983DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FDC

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

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