#498ADE#498ADE

#498ADE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.144 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ADE
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 6.02, -48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 49.31, 277.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0353 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.144 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0162, 24.8648, 72.5741)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498ADE #DE9D49

analogous

#49D4DE #498ADE #5349DE

triadic

#498ADE #DE498A #8ADE49

tetradic

#498ADE #DE49D4 #DE9D49 #49DE53

square

#498ADE #DE49D4 #DE9D49 #49DE53

split-complementary

#498ADE #DE5349 #D4DE49

monochromatic

#1A4F92 #246BC6 #498ADE #7DABE7 #B1CDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#498ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#498ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ADE

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ADE	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6490E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.144 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babe9',
    500: '#498ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ade;
$custom-light: #8babe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.826,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63016,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ADE

secondary

#DFC5A4

accent

#9F3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ADE

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

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