#2596B4#2596B4

#2596B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.105 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2596B4
RGB	rgb(37, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -20.14, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 31.62, 230.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0798 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.105 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9040, 25.4988, 47.0439)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2596B4 #B44325

analogous

#25B48A #2596B4 #254FB4

triadic

#2596B4 #B42596 #96B425

tetradic

#2596B4 #8A25B4 #B44325 #4FB425

square

#2596B4 #8A25B4 #B44325 #4FB425

split-complementary

#2596B4 #B4254F #B48A25

monochromatic

#10414E #1B6C81 #2596B4 #3FB7D7 #71CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#2596B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#2596B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2596B4

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2596B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2596B4	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2596b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.105 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5ca',
    500: '#2596b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2596b4;
$custom-light: #78b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2596b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.587,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62592,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2596B4

secondary

#C97F6C

accent

#633FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2596B4

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

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