#5498CB#5498CB

#5498CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.103 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5498CB
RGB	rgb(84, 152, 203)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 25.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -6.47, -32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 33.36, 258.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.047 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.103 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6599, 28.6507, 60.6662)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5498CB #CB8754

analogous

#54CBC2 #5498CB #545DCB

triadic

#5498CB #CB5498 #98CB54

tetradic

#5498CB #C254CB #CB8754 #5DCB54

square

#5498CB #C254CB #CB8754 #5DCB54

split-complementary

#5498CB #CB545D #CBC254

monochromatic

#26597E #357AAD #5498CB #83B4D9 #B2D1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#5498CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#5498CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5498CB

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5498CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5498CB	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5498cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 152, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.103 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db6db',
    500: '#5498cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5498cb;
$custom-light: #8db6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5498cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 53.363,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65612,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5498CB

secondary

#D6BAA5

accent

#894BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5498CB

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

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