#2A4E56#2A4E56

#2A4E56 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.044 H 213.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E56
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(191, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, -10.47, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 13.64, 219.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.03% -0.0362 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(40.03% 0.044 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3583, 6.6125, 9.7963)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E56 #56322A

analogous

#2A5648 #2A4E56 #2A3856

triadic

#2A4E56 #562A4E #4E562A

tetradic

#2A4E56 #482A56 #56322A #38562A

square

#2A4E56 #482A56 #56322A #38562A

split-complementary

#2A4E56 #562A38 #56482A

monochromatic

#0A1315 #16292D #2A4E56 #3E737F #5299A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#2A4E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#2A4E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E56

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E56	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#135150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.044 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677f85',
    500: '#2a4e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e56;
$custom-light: #677f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 34.375,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4003,
    "c": 0.04353,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E56

secondary

#885D53

accent

#715DCA

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E56

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

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