#498FE3#498FE3

#498FE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.145 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FE3
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 227)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 37%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, 4.78, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 49.32, 275.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0389 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.145 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4302, 26.6047, 76.4005)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FE3 #E39D49

analogous

#49DCE3 #498FE3 #5049E3

triadic

#498FE3 #E3498F #8FE349

tetradic

#498FE3 #E349DC #E39D49 #49E350

square

#498FE3 #E349DC #E39D49 #49E350

split-complementary

#498FE3 #E35049 #DCE349

monochromatic

#18539A #206FCF #498FE3 #7EB0EB #B3D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#498FE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#498FE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FE3

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FE3	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6995E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.145 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cafec',
    500: '#498fe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fe3;
$custom-light: #8cafec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64397,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FE3

secondary

#E2C7A6

accent

#9C38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FE3

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

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