#498BEE#498BEE

#498BEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.163 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BEE
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 10.99, -56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 57.09, 281.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0328 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.163 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4073, 26.0519, 84.4564)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BEE #EEAC49

analogous

#49DEEE #498BEE #5949EE

triadic

#498BEE #EE498B #8BEE49

tetradic

#498BEE #EE49DE #EEAC49 #49EE59

square

#498BEE #EE49DE #EEAC49 #49EE59

split-complementary

#498BEE #EE5949 #DEEE49

monochromatic

#104FAC #1568E4 #498BEE #81AFF3 #B9D2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#498BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#498BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BEE

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BEE	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C94F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4085EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.163 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eacf4',
    500: '#498bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bee;
$custom-light: #8eacf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64185,
    "c": 0.16334,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BEE

secondary

#E9D0AA

accent

#8806DF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BEE

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

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