#12596A#12596A

#12596A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.071 H 218.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12596A
RGB	rgb(18, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(192, 71%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(192, 83%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, -14.57, -15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 21.47, 227.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% -0.0558 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.071 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4222, 8.3132, 14.8990)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12596A #6A2312

analogous

#126A4F #12596A #122D6A

triadic

#12596A #6A1259 #596A12

tetradic

#12596A #4F126A #6A2312 #2D6A12

square

#12596A #4F126A #6A2312 #2D6A12

split-complementary

#12596A #6A122D #6A4F12

monochromatic

#04161A #092D36 #12596A #1B859E #24B1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#12596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#12596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12596A

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12596A	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E566B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.071 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618894',
    500: '#12596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12596a;
$custom-light: #618894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.591,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43056,
    "c": 0.07113,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12596A

secondary

#A24B36

accent

#5D3AEE

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #12596A

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

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