#2498B9#2498B9

#2498B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.108 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2498B9
RGB	rgb(36, 152, 185)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -19.61, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 32.55, 232.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0801 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.108 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7091, 26.3317, 49.8806)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2498B9 #B94524

analogous

#24B990 #2498B9 #244DB9

triadic

#2498B9 #B92498 #98B924

tetradic

#2498B9 #9024B9 #B94524 #4DB924

square

#2498B9 #9024B9 #B94524 #4DB924

split-complementary

#2498B9 #B9244D #B99024

monochromatic

#104453 #1A6E86 #2498B9 #40B8DA #74CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2498B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#2498B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2498B9

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2498B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2498B9	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8594BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2498b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 152, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.108 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6ce',
    500: '#2498b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2498b9;
$custom-light: #78b6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2498b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.289,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63288,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2498B9

secondary

#CB826E

accent

#643DEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2498B9

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

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