#498ACE#498ACE

#498ACE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.123 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ACE
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 0.53, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 41.23, 270.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0394 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.123 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9726, 24.0474, 61.8115)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ACE #CE8D49

analogous

#49CCCE #498ACE #4B49CE

triadic

#498ACE #CE498A #8ACE49

tetradic

#498ACE #CE49CC #CE8D49 #49CE4B

square

#498ACE #CE49CC #CE8D49 #49CE4B

split-complementary

#498ACE #CE4B49 #CCCE49

monochromatic

#214D7B #2E6BAC #498ACE #79A9DB #A9C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#498ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#498ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ACE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ACE	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.123 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abdd',
    500: '#498ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ace;
$custom-light: #88abdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.677,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6212,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ACE

secondary

#D5BA9D

accent

#9647E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ACE

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

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