#2496BA#2496BA

#2496BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.109 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2496BA
RGB	rgb(36, 150, 186)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -18.20, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 32.92, 236.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0778 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.109 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4931, 25.7304, 50.3312)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2496BA #BA4824

analogous

#24BA93 #2496BA #244BBA

triadic

#2496BA #BA2496 #96BA24

tetradic

#2496BA #9324BA #BA4824 #4BBA24

square

#2496BA #9324BA #BA4824 #4BBA24

split-complementary

#2496BA #BA244B #BA9324

monochromatic

#104353 #1A6D87 #2496BA #41B5DA #74C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2496BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#2496BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2496BA

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2496BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2496BA	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2496ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 150, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.109 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5cf',
    500: '#2496ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2496ba;
$custom-light: #78b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2496ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62844,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2496BA

secondary

#CB856E

accent

#673DEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2496BA

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

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