#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
RGB	rgb(73, 141, 236)
HSL	hsl(215, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 9.09, -54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 54.97, 279.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.035 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.159 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4073, 26.5195, 83.0150)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##498DEC	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #498DEC

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

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