#498ECE#498ECE

#498ECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.120 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498ECE
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 206)
HSL	hsl(209, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, -1.81, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 39.46, 267.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0435 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.12 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5571, 25.2164, 62.0063)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498ECE #CE8949

analogous

#49CECC #498ECE #494CCE

triadic

#498ECE #CE498E #8ECE49

tetradic

#498ECE #CC49CE #CE8949 #4CCE49

square

#498ECE #CC49CE #CE8949 #4CCE49

split-complementary

#498ECE #CE494C #CECC49

monochromatic

#21507B #2E6FAC #498ECE #79ACDB #A9CAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#498ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#498ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498ECE

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498ECE	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7291D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6084CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.120 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedd',
    500: '#498ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ece;
$custom-light: #88aedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.872,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63023,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498ECE

secondary

#D5B89D

accent

#9147E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #498ECE

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

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