#498AE0#498AE0

#498AE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.146 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AE0
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 6.71, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 50.34, 277.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0348 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.146 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2858, 24.9727, 73.9942)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498AE0 #E09F49

analogous

#49D6E0 #498AE0 #5349E0

triadic

#498AE0 #E0498A #8AE049

tetradic

#498AE0 #E049D6 #E09F49 #49E053

square

#498AE0 #E049D6 #E09F49 #49E053

split-complementary

#498AE0 #E05349 #D6E049

monochromatic

#194F95 #226AC9 #498AE0 #7DACE9 #B2CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#498AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#498AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AE0

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AE0	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6391E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.146 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babea',
    500: '#498ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ae0;
$custom-light: #8babea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.172,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63132,
    "c": 0.14624,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AE0

secondary

#E0C7A4

accent

#A03AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AE0

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

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