#498BE6#498BE6

#498BE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.153 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498BE6
RGBrgb(73, 139, 230)
HSLhsl(215, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(215, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.65, 8.20, -52.28)
CIE-LCHlch(57.65, 52.92, 278.91°)
OKLaboklab(63.7% -0.0344 -0.149)
OKLCHoklch(63.7% 0.153 257)
XYZxyz(26.2580, 25.5921, 78.4035)
Luminance0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498BE6 #E6A449
analogous
#49DAE6 #498BE6 #5649E6
triadic
#498BE6 #E6498B #8BE649
tetradic
#498BE6 #E649DA #E6A449 #49E656
square
#498BE6 #E649DA #E6A449 #49E656
split-complementary
#498BE6 #E65649 #DAE649
monochromatic
#164F9F #1D6AD5 #498BE6 #7FADED #B5D0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43
#498BE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12
#498BE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BE6
6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498BE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498BE61.003.436.126.12
#FFFFFF3.431.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1221.001.001.00
##0000006.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6192EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4984E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A0AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.153 257.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacee',
    500: '#498be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498be6;
$custom-light: #8cacee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.777,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63702,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.25595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498BE6
secondary
#E4CAA7
accent
#A335F2
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#498BE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva