#2496B4#2496B4

#2496B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.105 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2496B4
RGB	rgb(36, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -20.24, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 31.71, 230.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0801 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.105 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8686, 25.4806, 47.0422)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2496B4 #B44224

analogous

#24B48A #2496B4 #244EB4

triadic

#2496B4 #B42496 #96B424

tetradic

#2496B4 #8A24B4 #B44224 #4EB424

square

#2496B4 #8A24B4 #B44224 #4EB424

split-complementary

#2496B4 #B4244E #B48A24

monochromatic

#10414E #1A6C81 #2496B4 #3DB8D8 #70CBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#2496B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#2496B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2496B4

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2496B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2496B4	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2496b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.105 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b5ca',
    500: '#2496b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2496b4;
$custom-light: #77b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2496b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62572,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2496B4

secondary

#C97E6B

accent

#623EEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2496B4

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

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