#498CEE#498CEE

#498CEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.162 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498CEE
RGB	rgb(73, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 10.39, -55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 56.55, 280.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0337 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.162 258)
XYZ	xyz(27.5528, 26.3428, 84.5049)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498CEE #EEAB49

analogous

#49DFEE #498CEE #5849EE

triadic

#498CEE #EE498C #8CEE49

tetradic

#498CEE #EE49DF #EEAB49 #49EE58

square

#498CEE #EE49DF #EEAB49 #49EE58

split-complementary

#498CEE #EE5849 #DFEE49

monochromatic

#1050AC #1569E4 #498CEE #81AFF3 #B9D3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#498CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#498CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498CEE

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498CEE	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E95F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4285EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.162 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadf4',
    500: '#498cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498cee;
$custom-light: #8eadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.636,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64397,
    "c": 0.16225,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.26346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498CEE

secondary

#E9CFAA

accent

#8706DF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #498CEE

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

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