#498BCE#498BCE

#498BCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.122 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BCE
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -0.06, -40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 40.78, 269.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0404 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.122 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1168, 24.3356, 61.8595)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BCE #CE8C49

analogous

#49CDCE #498BCE #4A49CE

triadic

#498BCE #CE498B #8BCE49

tetradic

#498BCE #CE49CD #CE8C49 #49CE4A

square

#498BCE #CE49CD #CE8C49 #49CE4A

split-complementary

#498BCE #CE4A49 #CDCE49

monochromatic

#214E7B #2E6CAC #498BCE #79AADB #A9C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#498BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#498BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BCE

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BCE	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.122 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acdd',
    500: '#498bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bce;
$custom-light: #88acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.226,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62345,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BCE

secondary

#D5BA9D

accent

#9447E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BCE

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

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