#2396B2#2396B2

#2396B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.104 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2396B2
RGB	rgb(35, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -21.02, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 31.46, 228.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0813 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.104 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6319, 25.3819, 45.9754)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2396B2 #B23F23

analogous

#23B287 #2396B2 #234FB2

triadic

#2396B2 #B22396 #96B223

tetradic

#2396B2 #8723B2 #B23F23 #4FB223

square

#2396B2 #8723B2 #B23F23 #4FB223

split-complementary

#2396B2 #B2234F #B28723

monochromatic

#0F404C #196B7F #2396B2 #3AB9D8 #6DCBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2396B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#2396B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2396B2

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2396B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2396B2	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7284B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2396b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.104 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b5c9',
    500: '#2396b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2396b2;
$custom-light: #77b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2396b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.748,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62465,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2396B2

secondary

#C97B68

accent

#5F3EEA

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2396B2

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

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