#2497B2#2497B2

#2497B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.104 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2497B2
RGB	rgb(36, 151, 178)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -21.44, -22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 31.38, 226.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0819 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.104 218)
XYZ	xyz(19.8266, 25.7202, 46.0304)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2497B2 #B23F24

analogous

#24B286 #2497B2 #2450B2

triadic

#2497B2 #B22497 #97B224

tetradic

#2497B2 #8624B2 #B23F24 #50B224

square

#2497B2 #8624B2 #B23F24 #50B224

split-complementary

#2497B2 #B22450 #B28624

monochromatic

#0F414C #1A6C7F #2497B2 #3CBAD8 #6FCCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2497B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#2497B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2497B2

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2497B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2497B2	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8692B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7385B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2497b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 151, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.104 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b5c9',
    500: '#2497b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2497b2;
$custom-light: #77b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2497b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.408,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62732,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.25723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2497B2

secondary

#C87C69

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2497B2

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

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