#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
RGBrgb(73, 138, 227)
HSLhsl(215, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(215, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(57.21, 7.75, -51.31)
CIE-LCHlch(57.21, 51.89, 278.59°)
OKLaboklab(63.31% -0.0342 -0.1462)
OKLCHoklch(63.31% 0.15 256.8)
XYZxyz(25.6962, 25.1368, 76.1558)
Luminance0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##498AE31.003.486.036.03
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0321.001.001.00
##0000006.0321.001.001.00

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

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#498AE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva