#2A596B#2A596B

#2A596B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.059 H 225.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A596B
RGB	rgb(42, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.40, -10.17, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.40, 18.25, 236.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% -0.0412 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.059 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1800, 8.6979, 15.2075)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A596B #6B3C2A

analogous

#2A6B5D #2A596B #2A396B

triadic

#2A596B #6B2A59 #596B2A

tetradic

#2A596B #5D2A6B #6B3C2A #396B2A

square

#2A596B #5D2A6B #6B3C2A #396B2A

split-complementary

#2A596B #6B2A39 #6B5D2A

monochromatic

#091216 #19343F #2A596B #3B7E97 #549FBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#2A596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#2A596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A596B

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A596B	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46506B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.059 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8895',
    500: '#2a596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a596b;
$custom-light: #6a8895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.615,
    "s": 43.624,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43892,
    "c": 0.05898,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A596B

secondary

#9D6854

accent

#7854D3

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A596B

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

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