#498CE3#498CE3

#498CE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.148 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CE3
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 6.56, -50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 50.85, 277.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.036 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.148 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9858, 25.7160, 76.2524)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CE3 #E3A049

analogous

#49D9E3 #498CE3 #5349E3

triadic

#498CE3 #E3498C #8CE349

tetradic

#498CE3 #E349D9 #E3A049 #49E353

square

#498CE3 #E349D9 #E3A049 #49E353

split-complementary

#498CE3 #E35349 #D9E349

monochromatic

#18509A #206CCF #498CE3 #7EAEEB #B3CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#498CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#498CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CE3

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CE3	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6593E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.148 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadec',
    500: '#498ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ce3;
$custom-light: #8cadec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.896,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63742,
    "c": 0.14802,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CE3

secondary

#E2C8A6

accent

#A038F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CE3

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

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