#2396B4#2396B4

#2396B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.106 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2396B4
RGB	rgb(35, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -20.34, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 31.79, 230.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0805 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.106 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8342, 25.4628, 47.0406)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2396B4 #B44123

analogous

#23B48A #2396B4 #234DB4

triadic

#2396B4 #B42396 #96B423

tetradic

#2396B4 #8A23B4 #B44123 #4DB423

square

#2396B4 #8A23B4 #B44123 #4DB423

split-complementary

#2396B4 #B4234D #B48A23

monochromatic

#0F414E #196B81 #2396B4 #3BB8D9 #6ECBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#2396B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#2396B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2396B4

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2396B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2396B4	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2396b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.106 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b5ca',
    500: '#2396b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2396b4;
$custom-light: #77b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2396b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62554,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2396B4

secondary

#C97D69

accent

#613DEA

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2396B4

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

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