#2496C3#2496C3

#2496C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2496C3
RGB	rgb(36, 150, 195)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -15.08, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 35.32, 244.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0745 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.117 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4802, 26.1252, 55.5297)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2496C3 #C35124

analogous

#24C3A0 #2496C3 #2447C3

triadic

#2496C3 #C32496 #96C324

tetradic

#2496C3 #A024C3 #C35124 #47C324

square

#2496C3 #A024C3 #C35124 #47C324

split-complementary

#2496C3 #C32447 #C3A024

monochromatic

#11475C #1A6E8F #2496C3 #47B3DD #7BC8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2496C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#2496C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2496C3

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2496C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2496C3	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F94C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A85C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2496c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 150, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab4d5',
    500: '#2496c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2496c3;
$custom-light: #7ab4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2496c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63269,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2496C3

secondary

#CE8E74

accent

#6E3CEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2496C3

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

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