#498AE6#498AE6

#498AE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.154 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AE6
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 230)
HSL	hsl(215, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 40%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 8.80, -52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 53.45, 279.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0335 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.154 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1139, 25.3039, 78.3555)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498AE6 #E6A549

analogous

#49D9E6 #498AE6 #5749E6

triadic

#498AE6 #E6498A #8AE649

tetradic

#498AE6 #E649D9 #E6A549 #49E657

square

#498AE6 #E649D9 #E6A549 #49E657

split-complementary

#498AE6 #E65749 #D9E649

monochromatic

#164F9F #1D69D5 #498AE6 #7FADED #B5CFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#498AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#498AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AE6

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AE6	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F92EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4783E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.154 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabee',
    500: '#498ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ae6;
$custom-light: #8cabee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.159,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63487,
    "c": 0.15403,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AE6

secondary

#E4CBA7

accent

#A435F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AE6

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

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