#2A4E59#2A4E59

#2A4E59 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.045 H 219.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E59
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, -9.51, -10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 14.15, 227.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% -0.0349 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.045 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4817, 6.6618, 10.4463)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E59 #59352A

analogous

#2A594C #2A4E59 #2A3659

triadic

#2A4E59 #592A4E #4E592A

tetradic

#2A4E59 #4C2A59 #59352A #36592A

square

#2A4E59 #4C2A59 #59352A #36592A

split-complementary

#2A4E59 #592A36 #594C2A

monochromatic

#0A1215 #162A2F #2A4E59 #3E7283 #5197AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#2A4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#2A4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E59

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E59	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#105251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.045 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677f87',
    500: '#2a4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e59;
$custom-light: #677f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 35.878,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40162,
    "c": 0.04534,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E59

secondary

#8B6153

accent

#765CCC

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E59

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

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