#2B4E56#2B4E56

#2B4E56 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.043 H 214.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4E56
RGB	rgb(43, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(191, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(191, 50%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 9.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, -10.19, -8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 13.38, 220.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% -0.0353 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.043 214)
XYZ	xyz(5.3997, 6.6338, 9.7982)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4E56 #56332B

analogous

#2B5648 #2B4E56 #2B3856

triadic

#2B4E56 #562B4E #4E562B

tetradic

#2B4E56 #482B56 #56332B #38562B

square

#2B4E56 #482B56 #56332B #38562B

split-complementary

#2B4E56 #562B38 #56482B

monochromatic

#0A1314 #17292D #2B4E56 #3F737F #5498A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#2B4E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#2B4E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4E56

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4E56	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#165150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.043 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687f85',
    500: '#2b4e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4e56;
$custom-light: #687f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40085,
    "c": 0.04265,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.06634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4E56

secondary

#885E55

accent

#725EC9

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4E56

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

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