#2497B4#2497B4

#2497B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2497B4
RGB	rgb(36, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -20.77, -23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 31.69, 229.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0811 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.105 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0289, 25.8011, 47.0957)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2497B4 #B44124

analogous

#24B489 #2497B4 #244FB4

triadic

#2497B4 #B42497 #97B424

tetradic

#2497B4 #8924B4 #B44124 #4FB424

square

#2497B4 #8924B4 #B44124 #4FB424

split-complementary

#2497B4 #B4244F #B48924

monochromatic

#10414E #1A6C81 #2497B4 #3DB9D8 #70CBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#2497B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#2497B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2497B4

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2497B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2497B4	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8593B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7285B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2497b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5ca',
    500: '#2497b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2497b4;
$custom-light: #78b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2497b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.083,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62819,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2497B4

secondary

#C97E6B

accent

#613EEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2497B4

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

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