#498AEE#498AEE

#498AEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.164 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498AEE
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 11.59, -56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 57.64, 281.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0319 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.164 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2632, 25.7636, 84.4084)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498AEE #EEAD49

analogous

#49DCEE #498AEE #5A49EE

triadic

#498AEE #EE498A #8AEE49

tetradic

#498AEE #EE49DC #EEAD49 #49EE5A

square

#498AEE #EE49DC #EEAD49 #49EE5A

split-complementary

#498AEE #EE5A49 #DCEE49

monochromatic

#104EAC #1567E4 #498AEE #81AEF3 #B9D2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#498AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#498AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498AEE

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498AEE	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A93F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E84EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.164 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabf4',
    500: '#498aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498aee;
$custom-light: #8eabf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.364,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63972,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498AEE

secondary

#E9D0AA

accent

#8A06DF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #498AEE

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

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