#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
RGBrgb(37, 150, 196)
HSLhsl(197, 68%, 46%)
HSVhsv(197, 81%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(81.1%, 23.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(58.22, -14.64, -32.41)
CIE-LCHlch(58.22, 35.56, 245.69°)
OKLaboklab(63.34% -0.0738 -0.0913)
OKLCHoklch(63.34% 0.117 231.1)
XYZxyz(21.6290, 26.1888, 56.1288)
Luminance0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##2596C41.003.376.246.24
#FFFFFF3.371.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2421.001.001.00
##0000006.2421.001.001.00

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

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#2596C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva