#2696B9#2696B9

#2696B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.108 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2696B9
RGB	rgb(38, 150, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -18.34, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 32.54, 235.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0775 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.108 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4590, 25.7250, 49.7767)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2696B9 #B94926

analogous

#26B992 #2696B9 #264CB9

triadic

#2696B9 #B92696 #96B926

tetradic

#2696B9 #9226B9 #B94926 #4CB926

square

#2696B9 #9226B9 #B94926 #4CB926

split-complementary

#2696B9 #B9264C #B99226

monochromatic

#114453 #1C6D86 #2696B9 #44B5D9 #76C9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2696B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#2696B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2696B9

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2696B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2696B9	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	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: #2696b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 150, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.108 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5ce',
    500: '#2696b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2696b9;
$custom-light: #79b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2696b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62837,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2696B9

secondary

#CA8670

accent

#673FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2696B9

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

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