#498EE2#498EE2

#498EE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.145 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EE2
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, 5.02, -49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 49.32, 275.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0382 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.145 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1431, 26.2507, 75.6259)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498EE2 #E29D49

analogous

#49DBE2 #498EE2 #5049E2

triadic

#498EE2 #E2498E #8EE249

tetradic

#498EE2 #E249DB #E29D49 #49E250

square

#498EE2 #E249DB #E29D49 #49E250

split-complementary

#498EE2 #E25049 #DBE249

monochromatic

#185298 #216ECD #498EE2 #7EAFEA #B3D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#498EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#498EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EE2

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EE2	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6894E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.145 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caeeb',
    500: '#498ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ee2;
$custom-light: #8caeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.941,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64121,
    "c": 0.14467,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EE2

secondary

#E2C6A5

accent

#9D39EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EE2

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

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