#2B5F72#2B5F72

#2B5F72 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.063 H 224.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5F72
RGB	rgb(43, 95, 114)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, -11.14, -15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 19.48, 235.10°)
OKLab	oklab(45.83% -0.0449 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(45.83% 0.063 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1245, 9.9121, 17.4014)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5F72 #723E2B

analogous

#2B7261 #2B5F72 #2B3B72

triadic

#2B5F72 #722B5F #5F722B

tetradic

#2B5F72 #612B72 #723E2B #3B722B

square

#2B5F72 #612B72 #723E2B #3B722B

split-complementary

#2B5F72 #722B3B #72612B

monochromatic

#091519 #1A3A46 #2B5F72 #3C849E #58A4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#2B5F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#2B5F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5F72

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5F72	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 95, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.063 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8c9a',
    500: '#2b5f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5f72;
$custom-light: #6c8c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45826,
    "c": 0.06319,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5F72

secondary

#A46A55

accent

#7653D5

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5F72

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

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