#498AEC#498AEC

#498AEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.162 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AEC
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 10.89, -55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 56.59, 281.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0323 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.162 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9710, 25.6467, 82.8695)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498AEC #ECAB49

analogous

#49DBEC #498AEC #5949EC

triadic

#498AEC #EC498A #8AEC49

tetradic

#498AEC #EC49DB #ECAB49 #49EC59

square

#498AEC #EC49DB #ECAB49 #49EC59

split-complementary

#498AEC #EC5949 #DBEC49

monochromatic

#124EA9 #1768E0 #498AEC #80AEF2 #B8D1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#498AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#498AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AEC

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AEC	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C93F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.162 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabf3',
    500: '#498aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498aec;
$custom-light: #8dabf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.074,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63849,
    "c": 0.16183,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AEC

secondary

#E7CFA9

accent

#8808DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AEC

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

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