#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
RGB	rgb(36, 151, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -19.08, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 32.62, 234.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0791 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.108 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5474, 26.0085, 49.8267)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##2497B9	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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