#498EEC#498EEC

#498EEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.158 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498EEC
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 236)
HSL	hsl(215, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 39.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 8.49, -53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 54.44, 278.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% -0.0359 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.158 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5555, 26.8157, 83.0643)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498EEC #ECA749

analogous

#49E0EC #498EEC #5549EC

triadic

#498EEC #EC498E #8EEC49

tetradic

#498EEC #EC49E0 #ECA749 #49EC55

square

#498EEC #EC49E0 #ECA749 #49EC55

split-complementary

#498EEC #EC5549 #E0EC49

monochromatic

#1252A9 #176CE0 #498EEC #80B0F2 #B8D3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#498EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#498EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498EEC

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498EEC	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6296F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4987EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.158 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daef2',
    500: '#498eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498eec;
$custom-light: #8daef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.601,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64705,
    "c": 0.15751,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498EEC

secondary

#E7CDA9

accent

#8308DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #498EEC

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

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