#2596A8#2596A8

#2596A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.099 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2596A8
RGB	rgb(37, 150, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 10.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, -24.13, -18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 30.25, 217.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0847 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.099 211)
XYZ	xyz(18.7341, 25.0309, 40.8823)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2596A8 #A83725

analogous

#25A878 #2596A8 #2555A8

triadic

#2596A8 #A82596 #96A825

tetradic

#2596A8 #7825A8 #A83725 #55A825

square

#2596A8 #7825A8 #A83725 #55A825

split-complementary

#2596A8 #A82555 #A87825

monochromatic

#0F3C44 #1A6976 #2596A8 #37BED3 #69CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#2596A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#2596A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2596A8

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2596A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2596A8	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8790A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7684A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2596a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 150, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.099 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b5c1',
    500: '#2596a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2596a8;
$custom-light: #76b5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2596a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.244,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62077,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.25033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2596A8

secondary

#C47265

accent

#5841E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2596A8

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

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