#498BE4#498BE4

#498BE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.150 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BE4
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, 7.50, -51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 51.89, 278.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0349 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.15 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9788, 25.4805, 76.9329)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498BE4 #E4A249

analogous

#49D8E4 #498BE4 #5549E4

triadic

#498BE4 #E4498B #8BE449

tetradic

#498BE4 #E449D8 #E4A249 #49E455

square

#498BE4 #E449D8 #E4A249 #49E455

split-complementary

#498BE4 #E45549 #D8E449

monochromatic

#174F9C #1F6BD1 #498BE4 #7EADEC #B4CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#498BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#498BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BE4

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BE4	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6292E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.150 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caced',
    500: '#498be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498be4;
$custom-light: #8caced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.452,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63584,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BE4

secondary

#E3C9A6

accent

#A237F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BE4

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

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