#2496B5#2496B5

#2496B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.106 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2496B5
RGB	rgb(36, 150, 181)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -19.90, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 31.88, 231.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.0797 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.106 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9709, 25.5215, 47.5807)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2496B5 #B54324

analogous

#24B58C #2496B5 #244DB5

triadic

#2496B5 #B52496 #96B524

tetradic

#2496B5 #8C24B5 #B54324 #4DB524

square

#2496B5 #8C24B5 #B54324 #4DB524

split-complementary

#2496B5 #B5244D #B58C24

monochromatic

#10414F #1A6C82 #2496B5 #3EB7D9 #71CAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#2496B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#2496B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2496B5

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2496B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2496B5	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)

#8492B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2496b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 150, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.106 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5cb',
    500: '#2496b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2496b5;
$custom-light: #78b5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2496b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.828,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62617,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2496B5

secondary

#C97F6B

accent

#633EEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2496B5

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

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