#498BE1#498BE1

#498BE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.146 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BE1
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 38.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, 6.46, -49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 50.34, 277.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0356 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.146 256)
XYZ	xyz(25.5659, 25.3153, 74.7586)
Luminance	0.2532 (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

#498BE1 #E19F49

analogous

#49D7E1 #498BE1 #5349E1

triadic

#498BE1 #E1498B #8BE149

tetradic

#498BE1 #E149D7 #E19F49 #49E153

square

#498BE1 #E149D7 #E19F49 #49E153

split-complementary

#498BE1 #E15349 #D7E149

monochromatic

#195097 #226BCB #498BE1 #7EACEA #B2CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#498BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#498BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BE1

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BE1	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)

#6492E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D83DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.146 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baceb',
    500: '#498be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498be1;
$custom-light: #8baceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.947,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63408,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.25318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BE1

secondary

#E1C7A5

accent

#A039EE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BE1

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

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