#5498BE#5498BE

#5498BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.089 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5498BE
RGB	rgb(84, 152, 190)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -10.53, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 28.28, 248.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0514 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.089 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1752, 28.0569, 52.8467)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5498BE #BE7A54

analogous

#54BEAF #5498BE #5463BE

triadic

#5498BE #BE5498 #98BE54

tetradic

#5498BE #AF54BE #BE7A54 #63BE54

square

#5498BE #AF54BE #BE7A54 #63BE54

split-complementary

#5498BE #BE5463 #BEAF54

monochromatic

#2A556E #3B789A #5498BE #80B3CF #ADCDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#5498BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#5498BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5498BE

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5498BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5498BE	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5498be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 152, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.089 234.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5498be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.509,
    "s": 44.915,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65014,
    "c": 0.08946,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5498BE

secondary

#CEB0A0

accent

#8253D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5498BE

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

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