#2596B5#2596B5

#2596B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.106 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2596B5
RGB	rgb(37, 150, 181)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -19.80, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 31.80, 231.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0794 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.106 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0063, 25.5397, 47.5823)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2596B5 #B54425

analogous

#25B58C #2596B5 #254EB5

triadic

#2596B5 #B52596 #96B525

tetradic

#2596B5 #8C25B5 #B54425 #4EB525

square

#2596B5 #8C25B5 #B54425 #4EB525

split-complementary

#2596B5 #B5254E #B58C25

monochromatic

#10424F #1B6C82 #2596B5 #3FB7D8 #72CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#2596B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#2596B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2596B5

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2596B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2596B5	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2596b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 150, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.106 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5cb',
    500: '#2596b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2596b5;
$custom-light: #78b5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2596b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.917,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62636,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2596B5

secondary

#C9816D

accent

#633FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2596B5

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

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