#2A596C#2A596C

#2A596C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.060 H 227.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A596C
RGB	rgb(42, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.44, -9.83, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.44, 18.53, 237.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% -0.0408 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.06 227)
XYZ	xyz(7.2330, 8.7190, 15.4862)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A596C #6C3D2A

analogous

#2A6C5E #2A596C #2A386C

triadic

#2A596C #6C2A59 #596C2A

tetradic

#2A596C #5E2A6C #6C3D2A #386C2A

square

#2A596C #5E2A6C #6C3D2A #386C2A

split-complementary

#2A596C #6C2A38 #6C5E2A

monochromatic

#091216 #193540 #2A596C #3B7D98 #549EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#2A596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#2A596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A596C

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A596C	1.00	7.65	2.74	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45506C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.060 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8896',
    500: '#2a596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a596c;
$custom-light: #6a8896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43939,
    "c": 0.05984,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.0872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A596C

secondary

#9E6954

accent

#7954D4

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A596C

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

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