#2496A9#2496A9

#2496A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.100 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2496A9
RGB	rgb(36, 150, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -23.91, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 30.40, 218.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0846 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.1 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7922, 25.0500, 41.3731)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2496A9 #A93724

analogous

#24A979 #2496A9 #2454A9

triadic

#2496A9 #A92496 #96A924

tetradic

#2496A9 #7924A9 #A93724 #54A924

square

#2496A9 #7924A9 #A93724 #54A924

split-complementary

#2496A9 #A92454 #A97924

monochromatic

#0F3C44 #196977 #2496A9 #36BED4 #68CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#2496A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#2496A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2496A9

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2496A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2496A9	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8791AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7584A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2496a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 150, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.100 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b5c2',
    500: '#2496a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2496a9;
$custom-light: #76b5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2496a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62099,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2496A9

secondary

#C57264

accent

#5840E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2496A9

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

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