#2B596D#2B596D

#2B596D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.060 H 228.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B596D
RGB	rgb(43, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.52, -9.27, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.52, 18.67, 240.22°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% -0.0396 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.06 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3279, 8.7618, 15.7701)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B596D #6D3F2B

analogous

#2B6D60 #2B596D #2B386D

triadic

#2B596D #6D2B59 #596D2B

tetradic

#2B596D #602B6D #6D3F2B #386D2B

square

#2B596D #602B6D #6D3F2B #386D2B

split-complementary

#2B596D #6D2B38 #6D602B

monochromatic

#091216 #1A3541 #2B596D #3C7D99 #569DBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#2B596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#2B596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B596D

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B596D	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F586E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45506D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.060 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8897',
    500: '#2b596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b596d;
$custom-light: #6b8897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 43.421,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44032,
    "c": 0.06007,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B596D

secondary

#9F6B55

accent

#7B55D3

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B596D

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

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