#498CE4#498CE4

#498CE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.149 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CE4
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 228)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 38.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 6.90, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 51.36, 277.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0358 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.149 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1242, 25.7714, 76.9813)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CE4 #E4A149

analogous

#49D9E4 #498CE4 #5449E4

triadic

#498CE4 #E4498C #8CE449

tetradic

#498CE4 #E449D9 #E4A149 #49E454

square

#498CE4 #E449D9 #E4A149 #49E454

split-complementary

#498CE4 #E45449 #D9E449

monochromatic

#17509C #1F6CD1 #498CE4 #7EAEEC #B4CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#498CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#498CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CE4

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CE4	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6493E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.149 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caded',
    500: '#498ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ce4;
$custom-light: #8caded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.065,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63801,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CE4

secondary

#E3C9A6

accent

#A037F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CE4

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

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