#498EDE#498EDE

#498EDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.140 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498EDE
RGBrgb(73, 142, 222)
HSLhsl(212, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(212, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(58.07, 3.64, -47.16)
CIE-LCHlch(58.07, 47.30, 274.42°)
OKLaboklab(63.89% -0.0392 -0.134)
OKLCHoklch(63.89% 0.14 253.7)
XYZxyz(25.6006, 26.0338, 72.7689)
Luminance0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498EDE #DE9949
analogous
#49D8DE #498EDE #4F49DE
triadic
#498EDE #DE498E #8EDE49
tetradic
#498EDE #DE49D8 #DE9949 #49DE4F
square
#498EDE #DE49D8 #DE9949 #49DE4F
split-complementary
#498EDE #DE4F49 #D8DE49
monochromatic
#1A5292 #246FC6 #498EDE #7DAEE7 #B1CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38
#498EDE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21
#498EDE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EDE
6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498EDE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498EDE1.003.386.216.21
#FFFFFF3.381.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2121.001.001.00
##0000006.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6A93E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5585DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A1AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.140 253.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee8',
    500: '#498ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498ede;
$custom-light: #8baee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.215,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63894,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498EDE
secondary
#DFC4A4
accent
#9A3CEC
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FD
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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