#2495B2#2495B2

#2495B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.104 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2495B2
RGB	rgb(36, 149, 178)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -20.39, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 31.38, 229.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0799 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.104 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5075, 25.0819, 45.9240)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2495B2 #B24124

analogous

#24B288 #2495B2 #244EB2

triadic

#2495B2 #B22495 #95B224

tetradic

#2495B2 #8824B2 #B24124 #4EB224

square

#2495B2 #8824B2 #B24124 #4EB224

split-complementary

#2495B2 #B2244E #B28824

monochromatic

#0F404C #1A6A7F #2495B2 #3CB8D8 #6FCAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#2495B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#2495B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2495B2

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2495B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2495B2	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8391B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7183B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2495b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 149, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.104 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b4c9',
    500: '#2495b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2495b2;
$custom-light: #77b4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2495b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.254,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62237,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2495B2

secondary

#C87D69

accent

#613FE9

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2495B2

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

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