#2498b4

Color #2498b4

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 16.4 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#2498b4

RGB

rgb(36, 152, 180)

HSL

hsl(191.7, 66.7%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.7, 80%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(80%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(58.15, -21.3, -23.46)

LCH

lch(58.15, 31.69, 227.76)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.1051, 218.63)

HWB

hwb(191.7, 14.1%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b44024

Analogous

#24b488

#2498b4

#2450b4

Triadic

#2498b4

#b42498

#98b424

Split-complementary

#2498b4

#b42450

#b48824

Tetradic

#2498b4

#4024b4

#b44024

#98b424

Square

#2498b4

#8824b4

#b44024

#50b424

Shades

Color #2498b4 mixed toward black.

#1e7f96

#186578

#124c5a

#0c333c

#06191e

Tints

Color #2498b4 mixed toward white.

#33b6d6

#5cc5de

#85d3e7

#ade2ef

#d6f0f7

Tones

Color #2498b4 mixed toward gray.

#3091a8

#3c899c

#488290

#547b84

#607378

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6cae · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#645cac · ΔE 29.5

Tritanopia

#32a9a7 · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2498b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2498b4]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#2498b4 (#2498b4) is rgb(36, 152, 180) in RGB.

No, #2498b4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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