#2596B0#2596B0

#2596B0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.103 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2596B0
RGB	rgb(37, 150, 176)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 14.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -21.49, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 31.00, 226.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0814 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.103 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5024, 25.3382, 44.9288)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2596B0 #B03F25

analogous

#25B085 #2596B0 #2551B0

triadic

#2596B0 #B02596 #96B025

tetradic

#2596B0 #8525B0 #B03F25 #51B025

square

#2596B0 #8525B0 #B03F25 #51B025

split-complementary

#2596B0 #B02551 #B08525

monochromatic

#10404B #1A6B7D #2596B0 #3CB9D6 #6FCBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2596B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#2596B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2596B0

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2596B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2596B0	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8591B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7384B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2596b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 150, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.103 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b5c7',
    500: '#2596b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2596b0;
$custom-light: #77b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2596b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.223,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62416,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2596B0

secondary

#C77B6A

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2596B0

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

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