#2B596B#2B596B

#2B596B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.058 H 226.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B596B
RGB	rgb(43, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(197, 43%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.44, -9.94, -15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.44, 18.07, 236.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% -0.0405 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.058 226)
XYZ	xyz(7.2215, 8.7192, 15.2095)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B596B #6B3D2B

analogous

#2B6B5D #2B596B #2B396B

triadic

#2B596B #6B2B59 #596B2B

tetradic

#2B596B #5D2B6B #6B3D2B #396B2B

square

#2B596B #5D2B6B #6B3D2B #396B2B

split-complementary

#2B596B #6B2B39 #6B5D2B

monochromatic

#091216 #19353F #2B596B #3D7D97 #569EBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#2B596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#2B596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B596B

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B596B	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)

#4F576C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46506B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.058 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8895',
    500: '#2b596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b596b;
$custom-light: #6b8895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 42.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43937,
    "c": 0.0583,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.0872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B596B

secondary

#9D6955

accent

#7955D2

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B596B

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

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