#2B4E5B#2B4E5B

#2B4E5B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.046 H 224.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4E5B
RGB	rgb(43, 78, 91)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, -8.60, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 14.40, 233.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% -0.0331 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.046 224)
XYZ	xyz(5.6083, 6.7173, 10.8965)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4E5B #5B382B

analogous

#2B5B50 #2B4E5B #2B365B

triadic

#2B4E5B #5B2B4E #4E5B2B

tetradic

#2B4E5B #502B5B #5B382B #365B2B

square

#2B4E5B #502B5B #5B382B #365B2B

split-complementary

#2B4E5B #5B2B36 #5B502B

monochromatic

#0A1215 #172A31 #2B4E5B #3F7285 #5395AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#2B4E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#2B4E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4E5B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4E5B	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40475B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#115252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 78, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.046 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687f89',
    500: '#2b4e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4e5b;
$custom-light: #687f89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 35.821,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40306,
    "c": 0.04601,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.06718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4E5B

secondary

#8D6455

accent

#7A5CCC

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4E5B

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

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