#498AE4#498AE4

#498AE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.151 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AE4
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 228)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 39.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, 8.10, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 52.41, 278.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0339 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.151 257)
XYZ	xyz(25.8346, 25.1922, 76.8848)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498AE4 #E4A349

analogous

#49D7E4 #498AE4 #5649E4

triadic

#498AE4 #E4498A #8AE449

tetradic

#498AE4 #E449D7 #E4A349 #49E456

square

#498AE4 #E449D7 #E4A349 #49E456

split-complementary

#498AE4 #E45649 #D7E449

monochromatic

#174F9C #1F6AD1 #498AE4 #7EACEC #B4CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#498AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#498AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AE4

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AE4	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6191E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.151 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabed',
    500: '#498ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ae4;
$custom-light: #8cabed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.839,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63368,
    "c": 0.15143,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.25195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AE4

secondary

#E3C9A6

accent

#A337F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AE4

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

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