#498BE0#498BE0

#498BE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.145 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BE0
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, 6.11, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 49.82, 277.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0358 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.145 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4299, 25.2609, 74.0422)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BE0 #E09E49

analogous

#49D6E0 #498BE0 #5249E0

triadic

#498BE0 #E0498B #8BE049

tetradic

#498BE0 #E049D6 #E09E49 #49E052

square

#498BE0 #E049D6 #E09E49 #49E052

split-complementary

#498BE0 #E05249 #D6E049

monochromatic

#195095 #226BC9 #498BE0 #7DACE9 #B2CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#498BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#498BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BE0

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BE0	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)

#6591E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.145 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacea',
    500: '#498be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498be0;
$custom-light: #8bacea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.775,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6335,
    "c": 0.14519,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BE0

secondary

#E0C6A4

accent

#9F3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BE0

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

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