#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
RGBrgb(73, 143, 220)
HSLhsl(211, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(211, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 35%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(58.25, 2.36, -45.75)
CIE-LCHlch(58.25, 45.81, 272.96°)
OKLaboklab(64% -0.0406 -0.1298)
OKLCHoklch(64% 0.136 252.6)
XYZxyz(25.4836, 26.2261, 71.4154)
Luminance0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##498FDC1.003.366.256.25
#FFFFFF3.361.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2521.001.001.00
##0000006.2521.001.001.00

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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#498FDC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva