#498DE1#498DE1

#498DE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.144 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498DE1
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 225)
HSL	hsl(213, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 37.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 5.27, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 49.31, 276.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0375 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.144 255)
XYZ	xyz(25.8582, 25.8998, 74.8560)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498DE1 #E19D49

analogous

#49D9E1 #498DE1 #5149E1

triadic

#498DE1 #E1498D #8DE149

tetradic

#498DE1 #E149D9 #E19D49 #49E151

square

#498DE1 #E149D9 #E19D49 #49E151

split-complementary

#498DE1 #E15149 #D9E149

monochromatic

#195197 #226DCB #498DE1 #7EAEEA #B2CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#498DE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#498DE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DE1

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498DE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498DE1	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)

#6793E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498de1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.144 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badeb',
    500: '#498de1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498de1;
$custom-light: #8badeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498de1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.158,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63845,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.25902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498DE1

secondary

#E1C6A5

accent

#9D39EE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498DE1

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

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