#2596C4#2596C4

#2596C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2596C4
RGB	rgb(37, 150, 196)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 23.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -14.64, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 35.56, 245.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0738 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.117 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6290, 26.1888, 56.1288)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2596C4 #C45325

analogous

#25C4A2 #2596C4 #2547C4

triadic

#2596C4 #C42596 #96C425

tetradic

#2596C4 #A225C4 #C45325 #47C425

square

#2596C4 #A225C4 #C45325 #47C425

split-complementary

#2596C4 #C42547 #C4A225

monochromatic

#12475D #1B6F91 #2596C4 #49B2DD #7DC8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2596C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#2596C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2596C4

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2596C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2596C4	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F94C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A85C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2596c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 150, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab4d6',
    500: '#2596c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2596c4;
$custom-light: #7ab4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2596c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.358,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63336,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2596C4

secondary

#CF9076

accent

#6F3DEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2596C4

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

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