#498BE2#498BE2

#498BE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.148 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BE2
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 6.81, -50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 50.85, 277.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0353 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.148 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7027, 25.3700, 75.4791)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498BE2 #E2A049

analogous

#49D7E2 #498BE2 #5349E2

triadic

#498BE2 #E2498B #8BE249

tetradic

#498BE2 #E249D7 #E2A049 #49E253

square

#498BE2 #E249D7 #E2A049 #49E253

split-complementary

#498BE2 #E25349 #D7E249

monochromatic

#185098 #216BCD #498BE2 #7EADEA #B3CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#498BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#498BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BE2

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BE2	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.148 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caceb',
    500: '#498be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498be2;
$custom-light: #8caceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.118,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63467,
    "c": 0.14778,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BE2

secondary

#E2C8A5

accent

#A039EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BE2

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

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