#1596CA#1596CA

#1596CA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.127 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1596CA
RGB	rgb(21, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -13.68, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 38.26, 249.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0762 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.127 233)
XYZ	xyz(21.8719, 26.2335, 59.7765)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#1596CA #CA4915

analogous

#15CAA3 #1596CA #153BCA

triadic

#1596CA #CA1596 #96CA15

tetradic

#1596CA #A315CA #CA4915 #3BCA15

square

#1596CA #A315CA #CA4915 #3BCA15

split-complementary

#1596CA #CA153B #CAA315

monochromatic

#09445B #0F6D93 #1596CA #32B5EA #6AC9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#1596CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#1596CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1596CA

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1596CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1596CA	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C95CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6585C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1596ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.127 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b4da',
    500: '#1596ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1596ca;
$custom-light: #78b4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1596ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.238,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63392,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.26236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1596CA

secondary

#D58666

accent

#6A30F8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1115

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #1596CA

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

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