#498EE9#498EE9

#498EE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.154 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EE9
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, 7.45, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 52.90, 278.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0366 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.154 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1233, 26.6428, 80.7881)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498EE9 #E9A449

analogous

#49DEE9 #498EE9 #5449E9

triadic

#498EE9 #E9498E #8EE949

tetradic

#498EE9 #E949DE #E9A449 #49E954

square

#498EE9 #E949DE #E9A449 #49E954

split-complementary

#498EE9 #E95449 #DEE949

monochromatic

#1452A4 #1A6DDA #498EE9 #80B0F0 #B6D2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#498EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#498EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EE9

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EE9	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6495ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.154 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daef0',
    500: '#498ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498ee9;
$custom-light: #8daef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.125,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64528,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EE9

secondary

#E6CBA8

accent

#A133F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EE9

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

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