#2A596A#2A596A

#2A596A is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.058 H 224.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A596A
RGB	rgb(42, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.35, -10.51, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.35, 17.98, 234.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% -0.0417 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.058 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1277, 8.6769, 14.9321)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A596A #6A3B2A

analogous

#2A6A5B #2A596A #2A396A

triadic

#2A596A #6A2A59 #596A2A

tetradic

#2A596A #5B2A6A #6A3B2A #396A2A

square

#2A596A #5B2A6A #6A3B2A #396A2A

split-complementary

#2A596A #6A2A39 #6A5B2A

monochromatic

#091216 #19343E #2A596A #3B7E96 #539FBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#2A596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#2A596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A596A

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A596A	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46506A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.058 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8894',
    500: '#2a596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a596a;
$custom-light: #6a8894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.938,
    "s": 43.243,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43846,
    "c": 0.05816,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A596A

secondary

#9C6754

accent

#7655D3

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A596A

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

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