#5498BC#5498BC

#5498BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.088 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5498BC
RGB	rgb(84, 152, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -11.14, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 27.59, 246.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0521 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.088 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9581, 27.9700, 51.7034)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5498BC #BC7854

analogous

#54BCAC #5498BC #5464BC

triadic

#5498BC #BC5498 #98BC54

tetradic

#5498BC #AC54BC #BC7854 #64BC54

square

#5498BC #AC54BC #BC7854 #64BC54

split-complementary

#5498BC #BC5464 #BCAC54

monochromatic

#2A556B #3B7897 #5498BC #80B2CD #ACCDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#5498BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#5498BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5498BC

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5498BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5498BC	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#8796BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5498bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 152, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.088 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6d0',
    500: '#5498bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5498bc;
$custom-light: #8cb6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5498bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64926,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5498BC

secondary

#CCAFA0

accent

#8054D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5498BC

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

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