#2B516C#2B516C

#2B516C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.063 H 241.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B516C
RGB	rgb(43, 81, 108)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 25%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.88, -4.70, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.88, 20.21, 256.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% -0.0301 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.063 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6445, 7.4806, 15.2782)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B516C #6C462B

analogous

#2B6C67 #2B516C #2B316C

triadic

#2B516C #6C2B51 #516C2B

tetradic

#2B516C #672B6C #6C462B #316C2B

square

#2B516C #672B6C #6C462B #316C2B

split-complementary

#2B516C #6C2B31 #6C672B

monochromatic

#091016 #1A3040 #2B516C #3C7298 #5691BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#2B516C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#2B516C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B516C

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B516C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B516C	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45516D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b516c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 81, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.063 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8196',
    500: '#2b516c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b516c;
$custom-light: #6a8196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b516c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.923,
    "s": 43.046,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41917,
    "c": 0.06272,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B516C

secondary

#9E7355

accent

#8955D3

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#070A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B516C

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

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