#498AE2#498AE2

#498AE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.149 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AE2
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 7.40, -50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 51.37, 278.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0344 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.149 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5586, 25.0818, 75.4311)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498AE2 #E2A149

analogous

#49D6E2 #498AE2 #5449E2

triadic

#498AE2 #E2498A #8AE249

tetradic

#498AE2 #E249D6 #E2A149 #49E254

square

#498AE2 #E249D6 #E2A149 #49E254

split-complementary

#498AE2 #E25449 #D6E249

monochromatic

#184F98 #216ACD #498AE2 #7EACEA #B3CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#498AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#498AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AE2

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AE2	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6291E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.149 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabeb',
    500: '#498ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ae2;
$custom-light: #8cabeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.51,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63249,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AE2

secondary

#E2C8A5

accent

#A239EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AE2

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

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