#26596C#26596C

#26596C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.062 H 225.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26596C
RGB	rgb(38, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, -10.68, -15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 19.21, 236.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% -0.0438 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.062 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0774, 8.6388, 15.4789)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26596C #6C3926

analogous

#266C5C #26596C #26366C

triadic

#26596C #6C2659 #596C26

tetradic

#26596C #5C266C #6C3926 #366C26

square

#26596C #5C266C #6C3926 #366C26

split-complementary

#26596C #6C2636 #6C5C26

monochromatic

#081317 #16343F #26596C #367E99 #4CA1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#26596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#26596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #26596C

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##26596C	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45506C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.062 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688896',
    500: '#26596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26596c;
$custom-light: #688896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43769,
    "c": 0.06246,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26596C

secondary

#9F654F

accent

#7550D8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #26596C

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

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