#2498B3#2498B3

#2498B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.104 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2498B3
RGB	rgb(36, 152, 179)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -21.63, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 31.54, 226.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0825 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.104 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0890, 26.0837, 46.6150)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2498B3 #B33F24

analogous

#24B387 #2498B3 #2450B3

triadic

#2498B3 #B32498 #98B324

tetradic

#2498B3 #8724B3 #B33F24 #50B324

square

#2498B3 #8724B3 #B33F24 #50B324

split-complementary

#2498B3 #B32450 #B38724

monochromatic

#10414D #1A6D80 #2498B3 #3CBAD8 #6FCCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#2498B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#2498B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2498B3

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2498B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2498B3	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7486B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2498b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 152, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.104 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6c9',
    500: '#2498b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2498b3;
$custom-light: #77b6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2498b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.329,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63023,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2498B3

secondary

#C97C6A

accent

#5F3EE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2498B3

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

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