#498EE4#498EE4

#498EE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.147 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EE4
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 228)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 37.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 5.71, -50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 50.33, 276.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0377 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.147 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4191, 26.3612, 77.0796)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498EE4 #E49F49

analogous

#49DCE4 #498EE4 #5249E4

triadic

#498EE4 #E4498E #8EE449

tetradic

#498EE4 #E449DC #E49F49 #49E452

square

#498EE4 #E449DC #E49F49 #49E452

split-complementary

#498EE4 #E45249 #DCE449

monochromatic

#17529C #1F6ED1 #498EE4 #7EAFEC #B4D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#498EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#498EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EE4

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EE4	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6794E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5086E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.147 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caeed',
    500: '#498ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ee4;
$custom-light: #8caeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.29,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64236,
    "c": 0.14723,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EE4

secondary

#E3C8A6

accent

#9E37F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EE4

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

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