#5498C8#5498C8

#5498C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.100 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5498C8
RGB	rgb(84, 152, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 24%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, -7.42, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 32.11, 256.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.048 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.1 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3059, 28.5091, 58.8016)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5498C8 #C88454

analogous

#54C8BE #5498C8 #545EC8

triadic

#5498C8 #C85498 #98C854

tetradic

#5498C8 #BE54C8 #C88454 #5EC854

square

#5498C8 #BE54C8 #C88454 #5EC854

split-complementary

#5498C8 #C8545E #C8BE54

monochromatic

#27587A #3679A9 #5498C8 #82B4D7 #B1D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#5498C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#5498C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5498C8

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5498C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5498C8	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8398CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5498c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 152, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.100 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db6d9',
    500: '#5498c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5498c8;
$custom-light: #8db6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5498c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6547,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5498C8

secondary

#D4B8A4

accent

#884DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5498C8

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

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