#498BE3#498BE3

#498BE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.149 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BE3
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, 7.15, -50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 51.37, 278.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0351 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.149 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8404, 25.4251, 76.2039)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BE3 #E3A149

analogous

#49D8E3 #498BE3 #5449E3

triadic

#498BE3 #E3498B #8BE349

tetradic

#498BE3 #E349D8 #E3A149 #49E354

square

#498BE3 #E349D8 #E3A149 #49E354

split-complementary

#498BE3 #E35449 #D8E349

monochromatic

#184F9A #206BCF #498BE3 #7EADEB #B3CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#498BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#498BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BE3

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BE3	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.149 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacec',
    500: '#498be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498be3;
$custom-light: #8cacec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63525,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BE3

secondary

#E2C8A6

accent

#A138F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BE3

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

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