#5498BD#5498BD

#5498BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.088 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5498BD
RGB	rgb(84, 152, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -10.84, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 27.93, 247.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% -0.0518 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.089 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0663, 28.0133, 52.2731)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5498BD #BD7954

analogous

#54BDAD #5498BD #5463BD

triadic

#5498BD #BD5498 #98BD54

tetradic

#5498BD #AD54BD #BD7954 #63BD54

square

#5498BD #AD54BD #BD7954 #63BD54

split-complementary

#5498BD #BD5463 #BDAD54

monochromatic

#2A556D #3B7899 #5498BD #80B3CE #ACCDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#5498BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#5498BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5498BD

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5498BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5498BD	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5498bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 152, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.088 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6d1',
    500: '#5498bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5498bd;
$custom-light: #8cb6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5498bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6497,
    "c": 0.0885,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5498BD

secondary

#CDB0A0

accent

#8154D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5498BD

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

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