#498DE0#498DE0

#498DE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.143 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DE0
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 224)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 37.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 4.92, -48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 48.80, 275.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0377 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.143 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7222, 25.8454, 74.1396)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DE0 #E09C49

analogous

#49D9E0 #498DE0 #5049E0

triadic

#498DE0 #E0498D #8DE049

tetradic

#498DE0 #E049D9 #E09C49 #49E050

square

#498DE0 #E049D9 #E09C49 #49E050

split-complementary

#498DE0 #E05049 #D9E049

monochromatic

#195195 #226EC9 #498DE0 #7DAEE9 #B2CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#498DE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#498DE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DE0

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DE0	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6893E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5285DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498de0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.143 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badea',
    500: '#498de0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498de0;
$custom-light: #8badea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498de0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.98,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63788,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DE0

secondary

#E0C5A4

accent

#9D3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DE0

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

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