#2B5E73#2B5E73

#2B5E73 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.064 H 227.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5E73
RGB	rgb(43, 94, 115)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.40, -10.21, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.40, 19.86, 239.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.61% -0.0433 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(45.61% 0.064 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0923, 9.7560, 17.6730)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5E73 #73402B

analogous

#2B7364 #2B5E73 #2B3A73

triadic

#2B5E73 #732B5E #5E732B

tetradic

#2B5E73 #642B73 #73402B #3A732B

square

#2B5E73 #642B73 #73402B #3A732B

split-complementary

#2B5E73 #732B3A #73642B

monochromatic

#0A151A #1A3A46 #2B5E73 #3C82A0 #58A2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#2B5E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#2B5E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5E73

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5E73	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 94, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.064 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8b9b',
    500: '#2b5e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5e73;
$custom-light: #6c8b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45613,
    "c": 0.06422,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5E73

secondary

#A56C55

accent

#7953D5

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5E73

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

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