#2496B1#2496B1

#2496B1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.103 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2496B1
RGB	rgb(36, 150, 177)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -21.25, -22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 31.23, 227.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0813 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.103 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5663, 25.3597, 45.4501)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2496B1 #B13F24

analogous

#24B186 #2496B1 #2450B1

triadic

#2496B1 #B12496 #96B124

tetradic

#2496B1 #8624B1 #B13F24 #50B124

square

#2496B1 #8624B1 #B13F24 #50B124

split-complementary

#2496B1 #B12450 #B18624

monochromatic

#0F404B #1A6B7E #2496B1 #3BB9D7 #6ECBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2496B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#2496B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2496B1

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2496B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2496B1	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7284B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2496b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 150, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.103 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b5c8',
    500: '#2496b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2496b1;
$custom-light: #77b5c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2496b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6244,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2496B1

secondary

#C87B69

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2496B1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →