#2496A8#2496A8

#2496A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.099 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2496A8
RGB	rgb(36, 150, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -24.23, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 30.35, 217.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.085 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.099 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6987, 25.0126, 40.8806)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2496A8 #A83624

analogous

#24A878 #2496A8 #2454A8

triadic

#2496A8 #A82496 #96A824

tetradic

#2496A8 #7824A8 #A83624 #54A824

square

#2496A8 #7824A8 #A83624 #54A824

split-complementary

#2496A8 #A82454 #A87824

monochromatic

#0E3C43 #196976 #2496A8 #35BED4 #68CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#2496A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#2496A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2496A8

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2496A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2496A8	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8790A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7683A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2496a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 150, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.099 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b5c1',
    500: '#2496a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2496a8;
$custom-light: #76b5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2496a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62057,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2496A8

secondary

#C47163

accent

#5740E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2496A8

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

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