#498AE3#498AE3

#498AE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.150 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AE3
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 7.75, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 51.89, 278.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0342 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.15 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6962, 25.1368, 76.1558)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498AE3 #E3A249

analogous

#49D7E3 #498AE3 #5549E3

triadic

#498AE3 #E3498A #8AE349

tetradic

#498AE3 #E349D7 #E3A249 #49E355

square

#498AE3 #E349D7 #E3A249 #49E355

split-complementary

#498AE3 #E35549 #D7E349

monochromatic

#184F9A #206ACF #498AE3 #7EACEB #B3CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#498AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#498AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AE3

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AE3	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6191E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.150 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabec',
    500: '#498ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ae3;
$custom-light: #8cabec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.675,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63308,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AE3

secondary

#E2C9A6

accent

#A238F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AE3

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

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