#12596E#12596E

#12596E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.074 H 223.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12596E
RGB	rgb(18, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(194, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.80, -13.08, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.80, 22.25, 233.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% -0.0541 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.074 223)
XYZ	xyz(6.6351, 8.3983, 16.0202)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12596E #6E2712

analogous

#126E55 #12596E #122B6E

triadic

#12596E #6E1259 #596E12

tetradic

#12596E #55126E #6E2712 #2B6E12

square

#12596E #55126E #6E2712 #2B6E12

split-complementary

#12596E #6E122B #6E5512

monochromatic

#04151A #092E39 #12596E #1B84A3 #23AED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#12596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#12596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12596E

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12596E	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D576F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414E6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.074 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628897',
    500: '#12596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12596e;
$custom-light: #628897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.696,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43252,
    "c": 0.07397,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.08399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12596E

secondary

#A55037

accent

#6339EF

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #12596E

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

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