#5498BB#5498BB

#5498BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.087 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5498BB
RGB	rgb(84, 152, 187)
HSL	hsl(200, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -11.45, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 27.25, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0525 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.087 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8507, 27.9270, 51.1376)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5498BB #BB7754

analogous

#54BBAA #5498BB #5464BB

triadic

#5498BB #BB5498 #98BB54

tetradic

#5498BB #AA54BB #BB7754 #64BB54

square

#5498BB #AA54BB #BB7754 #64BB54

split-complementary

#5498BB #BB5464 #BBAA54

monochromatic

#2A556A #3C7796 #5498BB #80B2CC #ACCDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#5498BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#5498BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5498BB

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5498BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5498BB	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5498bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 152, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.087 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6cf',
    500: '#5498bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5498bb;
$custom-light: #8cb6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5498bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.388,
    "s": 43.096,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64883,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5498BB

secondary

#CCAE9F

accent

#8055D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5498BB

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

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