#2496B0#2496B0

#2496B0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.103 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2496B0
RGB	rgb(36, 150, 176)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, -21.59, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 31.09, 226.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0817 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.103 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4670, 25.3199, 44.9271)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2496B0 #B03E24

analogous

#24B084 #2496B0 #2450B0

triadic

#2496B0 #B02496 #96B024

tetradic

#2496B0 #8424B0 #B03E24 #50B024

square

#2496B0 #8424B0 #B03E24 #50B024

split-complementary

#2496B0 #B02450 #B08424

monochromatic

#0F3F4A #1A6B7D #2496B0 #3ABAD7 #6DCCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2496B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#2496B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2496B0

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2496B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2496B0	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8591B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7384B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2496b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 150, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.103 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b5c7',
    500: '#2496b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2496b0;
$custom-light: #77b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2496b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.143,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62397,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2496B0

secondary

#C87A68

accent

#5E3FE9

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2496B0

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

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