#2B516E#2B516E

#2B516E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.065 H 243.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B516E
RGB	rgb(43, 81, 110)
HSL	hsl(206, 44%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 26.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, -4.00, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 21.15, 259.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% -0.0293 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.065 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7521, 7.5236, 15.8452)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B516E #6E482B

analogous

#2B6E69 #2B516E #2B306E

triadic

#2B516E #6E2B51 #516E2B

tetradic

#2B516E #692B6E #6E482B #306E2B

square

#2B516E #692B6E #6E482B #306E2B

split-complementary

#2B516E #6E2B30 #6E692B

monochromatic

#091016 #1A3142 #2B516E #3C719A #5691BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#2B516E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#2B516E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B516E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B516E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B516E	1.00	8.38	2.50	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44516F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b516e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 81, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.065 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8197',
    500: '#2b516e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b516e;
$custom-light: #6b8197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b516e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.97,
    "s": 43.791,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42022,
    "c": 0.0652,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B516E

secondary

#A07555

accent

#8B54D4

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#070A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B516E

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

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