#98BDCD#98BDCD

#98BDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.046 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#98BDCD
RGB	rgb(152, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -8.73, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 14.93, 234.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0318 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.046 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1627, 47.4767, 64.6882)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#98BDCD #CDA898

analogous

#98CDC3 #98BDCD #98A2CD

triadic

#98BDCD #CD98BD #BDCD98

tetradic

#98BDCD #C398CD #CDA898 #A2CD98

square

#98BDCD #C398CD #CDA898 #A2CD98

split-complementary

#98BDCD #CD98A2 #CDC398

monochromatic

#4D859E #6FA3B9 #98BDCD #C1D7E1 #EAF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#98BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#98BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #98BDCD

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##98BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##98BDCD	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #98bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.046 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0dc',
    500: '#98bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #98bdcd;
$custom-light: #b7d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#98bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.113,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77669,
    "c": 0.04579,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#98BDCD

secondary

#E8DDD9

accent

#5B38AD

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #98BDCD

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

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