#2496A6#2496A6

#2496A6 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.098 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2496A6
RGB	rgb(36, 150, 166)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.02, -24.88, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.02, 30.27, 214.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0859 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.098 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5138, 24.9387, 39.9069)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2496A6 #A63424

analogous

#24A675 #2496A6 #2455A6

triadic

#2496A6 #A62496 #96A624

tetradic

#2496A6 #7524A6 #A63424 #55A624

square

#2496A6 #7524A6 #A63424 #55A624

split-complementary

#2496A6 #A62455 #A67524

monochromatic

#0E3B41 #196974 #2496A6 #34BFD3 #66CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#2496A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#2496A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2496A6

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2496A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2496A6	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7683A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2496a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 150, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.098 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b5c0',
    500: '#2496a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2496a6;
$custom-light: #75b5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2496a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.385,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61975,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2496A6

secondary

#C46E62

accent

#5540E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2496A6

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

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