#2596B9#2596B9

#2596B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.108 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2596B9
RGB	rgb(37, 150, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 80%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -18.44, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 32.62, 235.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0778 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.108 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4226, 25.7063, 49.7750)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2596B9 #B94825

analogous

#25B992 #2596B9 #254CB9

triadic

#2596B9 #B92596 #96B925

tetradic

#2596B9 #9225B9 #B94825 #4CB925

square

#2596B9 #9225B9 #B94825 #4CB925

split-complementary

#2596B9 #B9254C #B99225

monochromatic

#114353 #1B6D86 #2596B9 #42B5D9 #75C9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2596B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#2596B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2596B9

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2596B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2596B9	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F85B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2596b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 150, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.108 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5ce',
    500: '#2596b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2596b9;
$custom-light: #78b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2596b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.189,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62817,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2596B9

secondary

#CB856F

accent

#673EEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2596B9

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

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