#498CE0#498CE0

#498CE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.144 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CE0
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 224)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 37.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 5.52, -49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 49.31, 276.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0367 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.144 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5754, 25.5518, 74.0907)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CE0 #E09D49

analogous

#49D8E0 #498CE0 #5149E0

triadic

#498CE0 #E0498C #8CE049

tetradic

#498CE0 #E049D8 #E09D49 #49E051

square

#498CE0 #E049D8 #E09D49 #49E051

split-complementary

#498CE0 #E05149 #D8E049

monochromatic

#195095 #226CC9 #498CE0 #7DADE9 #B2CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#498CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#498CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CE0

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CE0	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6692E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.144 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badea',
    500: '#498ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ce0;
$custom-light: #8badea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.377,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63569,
    "c": 0.14415,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CE0

secondary

#E0C6A4

accent

#9E3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CE0

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

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