#498AE5#498AE5

#498AE5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.153 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AE5
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 229)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 39.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 8.45, -52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 52.93, 279.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0337 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.153 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9739, 25.2479, 77.6180)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498AE5 #E5A449

analogous

#49D8E5 #498AE5 #5649E5

triadic

#498AE5 #E5498A #8AE549

tetradic

#498AE5 #E549D8 #E5A449 #49E556

square

#498AE5 #E549D8 #E5A449 #49E556

split-complementary

#498AE5 #E55649 #D8E549

monochromatic

#164F9D #1E69D3 #498AE5 #7FACED #B4CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#498AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#498AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AE5

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AE5	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6091E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.153 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabee',
    500: '#498ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ae5;
$custom-light: #8cabee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63427,
    "c": 0.15273,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AE5

secondary

#E3CAA6

accent

#A436F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AE5

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

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