#2B596C#2B596C

#2B596C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.059 H 227.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B596C
RGB	rgb(43, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.48, -9.61, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.48, 18.36, 238.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% -0.04 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.059 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2744, 8.7404, 15.4882)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B596C #6C3E2B

analogous

#2B6C5E #2B596C #2B396C

triadic

#2B596C #6C2B59 #596C2B

tetradic

#2B596C #5E2B6C #6C3E2B #396C2B

square

#2B596C #5E2B6C #6C3E2B #396C2B

split-complementary

#2B596C #6C2B39 #6C5E2B

monochromatic

#091216 #1A3540 #2B596C #3C7D98 #569EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#2B596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#2B596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B596C

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B596C	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46506C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.059 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8896',
    500: '#2b596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b596c;
$custom-light: #6b8896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 43.046,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43984,
    "c": 0.05916,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B596C

secondary

#9E6A55

accent

#7A55D3

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B596C

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

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