#2497C3#2497C3

#2497C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.116 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2497C3
RGB	rgb(36, 151, 195)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -15.63, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 35.13, 243.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0754 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.116 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6404, 26.4457, 55.5832)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2497C3 #C35024

analogous

#24C3A0 #2497C3 #2447C3

triadic

#2497C3 #C32497 #97C324

tetradic

#2497C3 #A024C3 #C35024 #47C324

square

#2497C3 #A024C3 #C35024 #47C324

split-complementary

#2497C3 #C32447 #C3A024

monochromatic

#11475C #1A6F8F #2497C3 #47B4DD #7BC9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#2497C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#2497C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2497C3

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2497C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2497C3	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B86C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2497c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 151, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.116 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5d5',
    500: '#2497c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2497c3;
$custom-light: #7ab5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2497c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.604,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6351,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2497C3

secondary

#CE8D74

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2497C3

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

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