#498CE1#498CE1

#498CE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.145 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CE1
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 37.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 5.86, -49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 49.82, 276.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0365 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.145 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7114, 25.6062, 74.8070)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CE1 #E19E49

analogous

#49D8E1 #498CE1 #5249E1

triadic

#498CE1 #E1498C #8CE149

tetradic

#498CE1 #E149D8 #E19E49 #49E152

square

#498CE1 #E149D8 #E19E49 #49E152

split-complementary

#498CE1 #E15249 #D8E149

monochromatic

#195097 #226CCB #498CE1 #7EADEA #B2CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#498CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#498CE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CE1

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CE1	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6692E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F84DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.145 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badeb',
    500: '#498ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ce1;
$custom-light: #8badeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.553,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63626,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CE1

secondary

#E1C6A5

accent

#9F39EE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CE1

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

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