#2596AE#2596AE

#2596AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.101 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2596AE
RGB	rgb(37, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -22.15, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 30.74, 223.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0822 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.101 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3060, 25.2596, 43.8943)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2596AE #AE3D25

analogous

#25AE82 #2596AE #2552AE

triadic

#2596AE #AE2596 #96AE25

tetradic

#2596AE #8225AE #AE3D25 #52AE25

square

#2596AE #8225AE #AE3D25 #52AE25

split-complementary

#2596AE #AE2552 #AE8225

monochromatic

#103F49 #1A6A7C #2596AE #3BBAD5 #6DCCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#2596AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#2596AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2596AE

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2596AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2596AE	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8691AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7384AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2596ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.101 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b5c6',
    500: '#2596ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2596ae;
$custom-light: #77b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2596ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.511,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6233,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2596AE

secondary

#C67968

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2596AE

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

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