#498CEC#498CEC

#498CEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.160 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CEC
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 236)
HSL	hsl(215, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 40.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 9.69, -54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 55.51, 280.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0341 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.16 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2606, 26.2259, 82.9660)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CEC #ECA949

analogous

#49DEEC #498CEC #5749EC

triadic

#498CEC #EC498C #8CEC49

tetradic

#498CEC #EC49DE #ECA949 #49EC57

square

#498CEC #EC49DE #ECA949 #49EC57

split-complementary

#498CEC #EC5749 #DEEC49

monochromatic

#1250A9 #176AE0 #498CEC #80AFF2 #B8D2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#498CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#498CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CEC

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CEC	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F94F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4585EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.160 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadf3',
    500: '#498cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cec;
$custom-light: #8dadf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.337,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64276,
    "c": 0.15965,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CEC

secondary

#E7CEA9

accent

#8608DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CEC

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

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