#2498B4#2498B4

#2498B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2498B4
RGB	rgb(36, 152, 180)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -21.30, -23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 31.68, 227.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0821 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.105 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1905, 26.1243, 47.1495)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2498B4 #B44024

analogous

#24B488 #2498B4 #2450B4

triadic

#2498B4 #B42498 #98B424

tetradic

#2498B4 #8824B4 #B44024 #50B424

square

#2498B4 #8824B4 #B44024 #50B424

split-complementary

#2498B4 #B42450 #B48824

monochromatic

#10424E #1A6D81 #2498B4 #3DBAD8 #70CCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2498B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#2498B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2498B4

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2498B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2498B4	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8694B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7386B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2498b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 152, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6ca',
    500: '#2498b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2498b4;
$custom-light: #78b6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2498b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63066,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2498B4

secondary

#C97D6B

accent

#603EEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2498B4

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

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