#2497B9#2497B9

#2497B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.108 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2497B9
RGBrgb(36, 151, 185)
HSLhsl(194, 67%, 43%)
HSVhsv(194, 81%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(80.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(58.05, -19.08, -26.46)
CIE-LCHlch(58.05, 32.62, 234.21°)
OKLaboklab(63.04% -0.0791 -0.0742)
OKLCHoklch(63.04% 0.108 223.2)
XYZxyz(20.5474, 26.0085, 49.8267)
Luminance0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2497B9 #B94624
analogous
#24B990 #2497B9 #244DB9
triadic
#2497B9 #B92497 #97B924
tetradic
#2497B9 #9024B9 #B94624 #4DB924
square
#2497B9 #9024B9 #B94624 #4DB924
split-complementary
#2497B9 #B9244D #B99024
monochromatic
#104353 #1A6D86 #2497B9 #40B7DA #74CAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39
#2497B9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20
#2497B9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2497B9
6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2497B9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2497B91.003.396.206.20
#FFFFFF3.391.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2021.001.001.00
##0000006.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8493BB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7085B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A1A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2497b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 151, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.108 223.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5ce',
    500: '#2497b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2497b9;
$custom-light: #78b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2497b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.691,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63043,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2497B9
secondary
#CB836E
accent
#653DEA
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF6F9
border
#CAD0D2
text
#0B1113
muted
#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2497B9

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#2497B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva