#498EE0#498EE0

#498EE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.142 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EE0
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 224)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 36.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, 4.33, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 48.30, 275.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0387 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.142 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8703, 26.1416, 74.1890)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498EE0 #E09B49

analogous

#49D9E0 #498EE0 #4F49E0

triadic

#498EE0 #E0498E #8EE049

tetradic

#498EE0 #E049D9 #E09B49 #49E04F

square

#498EE0 #E049D9 #E09B49 #49E04F

split-complementary

#498EE0 #E04F49 #D9E049

monochromatic

#195295 #226FC9 #498EE0 #7DAEE9 #B2CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#498EE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#498EE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EE0

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EE0	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6994E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5385DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.142 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baeea',
    500: '#498ee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ee0;
$custom-light: #8baeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.583,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64007,
    "c": 0.14212,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EE0

secondary

#E0C5A4

accent

#9C3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EE0

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

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