#498CE6#498CE6

#498CE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.152 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CE6
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 230)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 39.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 7.60, -51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 52.39, 278.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0354 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.152 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4035, 25.8831, 78.4520)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CE6 #E6A349

analogous

#49DAE6 #498CE6 #5549E6

triadic

#498CE6 #E6498C #8CE649

tetradic

#498CE6 #E649DA #E6A349 #49E655

square

#498CE6 #E649DA #E6A349 #49E655

split-complementary

#498CE6 #E65549 #DAE649

monochromatic

#16509F #1D6BD5 #498CE6 #7FAEED #B5D0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#498CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#498CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CE6

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CE6	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6393EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.152 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadee',
    500: '#498ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ce6;
$custom-light: #8cadee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.395,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63918,
    "c": 0.1519,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CE6

secondary

#E4CAA7

accent

#A235F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CE6

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

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