#498FE9#498FE9

#498FE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.153 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498FE9
RGB	rgb(73, 143, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 38.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, 6.85, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 52.38, 277.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0375 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.153 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2727, 26.9417, 80.8380)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498FE9 #E9A349

analogous

#49DFE9 #498FE9 #5349E9

triadic

#498FE9 #E9498F #8FE949

tetradic

#498FE9 #E949DF #E9A349 #49E953

square

#498FE9 #E949DF #E9A349 #49E953

split-complementary

#498FE9 #E95349 #DFE949

monochromatic

#1453A4 #1A6EDA #498FE9 #80B1F0 #B6D2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#498FE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#498FE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498FE9

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498FE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498FE9	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6696ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D87E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498fe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 143, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.153 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daff0',
    500: '#498fe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498fe9;
$custom-light: #8daff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498fe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64744,
    "c": 0.1526,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498FE9

secondary

#E6CBA8

accent

#A033F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #498FE9

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

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