#2498B0#2498B0

#2498B0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2498B0
RGB	rgb(36, 152, 176)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, -22.63, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 31.16, 223.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0837 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.103 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7889, 25.9637, 45.0344)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2498B0 #B03C24

analogous

#24B082 #2498B0 #2452B0

triadic

#2498B0 #B02498 #98B024

tetradic

#2498B0 #8224B0 #B03C24 #52B024

square

#2498B0 #8224B0 #B03C24 #52B024

split-complementary

#2498B0 #B02452 #B08224

monochromatic

#0F404A #1A6C7D #2498B0 #3ABCD7 #6DCDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#2498B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#2498B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2498B0

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2498B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2498B0	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7586B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2498b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 152, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6c7',
    500: '#2498b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2498b0;
$custom-light: #77b6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2498b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62893,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2498B0

secondary

#C87968

accent

#5C3FE9

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2498B0

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

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