#2596B3#2596B3

#2596B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.104 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2596B3
RGB	rgb(37, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -20.48, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 31.45, 229.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0802 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.104 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8025, 25.4582, 46.5093)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2596B3 #B34225

analogous

#25B389 #2596B3 #254FB3

triadic

#2596B3 #B32596 #96B325

tetradic

#2596B3 #8925B3 #B34225 #4FB325

square

#2596B3 #8925B3 #B34225 #4FB325

split-complementary

#2596B3 #B3254F #B38925

monochromatic

#10414E #1B6B80 #2596B3 #3EB8D7 #71CBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#2596B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#2596B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2596B3

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2596B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2596B3	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2596b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.104 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5c9',
    500: '#2596b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2596b3;
$custom-light: #78b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2596b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.254,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62547,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2596B3

secondary

#C87E6B

accent

#623FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2596B3

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

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