#498FDE#498FDE

#498FDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.139 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FDE
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 222)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 35.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, 3.05, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 46.81, 273.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0401 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.139 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7501, 26.3327, 72.8187)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FDE #DE9849

analogous

#49D9DE #498FDE #4D49DE

triadic

#498FDE #DE498F #8FDE49

tetradic

#498FDE #DE49D9 #DE9849 #49DE4D

square

#498FDE #DE49D9 #DE9849 #49DE4D

split-complementary

#498FDE #DE4D49 #D9DE49

monochromatic

#1A5392 #2470C6 #498FDE #7DAFE7 #B1CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#498FDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#498FDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FDE

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FDE	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C94E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5786DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.139 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bafe8',
    500: '#498fde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fde;
$custom-light: #8bafe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.812,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64115,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FDE

secondary

#DFC3A4

accent

#993CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FDE

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

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