#498FE4#498FE4

#498FE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.146 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FE4
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 228)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 37.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, 5.12, -49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 49.83, 275.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0387 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.146 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5686, 26.6601, 77.1295)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FE4 #E49E49

analogous

#49DDE4 #498FE4 #5149E4

triadic

#498FE4 #E4498F #8FE449

tetradic

#498FE4 #E449DD #E49E49 #49E451

square

#498FE4 #E449DD #E49E49 #49E451

split-complementary

#498FE4 #E45149 #DDE449

monochromatic

#17539C #1F6FD1 #498FE4 #7EB0EC #B4D1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#498FE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#498FE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FE4

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FE4	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)

#6995E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.146 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cafed',
    500: '#498fe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fe4;
$custom-light: #8cafed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.903,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64455,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FE4

secondary

#E3C7A6

accent

#9D37F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FE4

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

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