#498CE2#498CE2

#498CE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.147 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CE2
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 6.21, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 50.33, 277.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0363 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.147 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8482, 25.6610, 75.5276)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CE2 #E29F49

analogous

#49D9E2 #498CE2 #5249E2

triadic

#498CE2 #E2498C #8CE249

tetradic

#498CE2 #E249D9 #E29F49 #49E252

square

#498CE2 #E249D9 #E29F49 #49E252

split-complementary

#498CE2 #E25249 #D9E249

monochromatic

#185098 #216CCD #498CE2 #7EADEA #B3CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#498CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#498CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CE2

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CE2	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6592E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.147 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadeb',
    500: '#498ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ce2;
$custom-light: #8cadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.725,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63684,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CE2

secondary

#E2C7A5

accent

#9F39EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CE2

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

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