#498DEC#498DEC

#498DEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.159 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498DEC
RGBrgb(73, 141, 236)
HSLhsl(215, 81%, 61%)
HSVhsv(215, 69%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(58.53, 9.09, -54.22)
CIE-LCHlch(58.53, 54.97, 279.52°)
OKLaboklab(64.49% -0.035 -0.1547)
OKLCHoklch(64.49% 0.159 257.2)
XYZxyz(27.4073, 26.5195, 83.0150)
Luminance0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498DEC #ECA849
analogous
#49DFEC #498DEC #5649EC
triadic
#498DEC #EC498D #8DEC49
tetradic
#498DEC #EC49DF #ECA849 #49EC56
square
#498DEC #EC49DF #ECA849 #49EC56
split-complementary
#498DEC #EC5649 #DFEC49
monochromatic
#1251A9 #176BE0 #498DEC #80B0F2 #B8D2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33
#498DEC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30
#498DEC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498DEC
6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498DEC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498DEC1.003.336.306.30
#FFFFFF3.331.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3021.001.001.00
##0000006.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6195F0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4786EA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A3B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 141, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.159 257.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadf2',
    500: '#498dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498dec;
$custom-light: #8dadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.969,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64491,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498DEC
secondary
#E7CEA9
accent
#8408DD
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0E1017
muted
#7E7F85

Preview Lab

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#498DEC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva