#2C4E56#2C4E56

#2C4E56 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.042 H 214.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C4E56
RGB	rgb(44, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(191, 32%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(191, 49%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 9.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.01, -9.91, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.01, 13.11, 220.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% -0.0344 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.042 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4422, 6.6557, 9.8002)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C4E56 #56342C

analogous

#2C5649 #2C4E56 #2C3956

triadic

#2C4E56 #562C4E #4E562C

tetradic

#2C4E56 #492C56 #56342C #39562C

square

#2C4E56 #492C56 #56342C #39562C

split-complementary

#2C4E56 #562C39 #56492C

monochromatic

#0A1214 #17292E #2C4E56 #41737E #5597A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#2C4E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#2C4E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C4E56

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C4E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C4E56	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#185150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c4e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.042 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687f85',
    500: '#2c4e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c4e56;
$custom-light: #687f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c4e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4014,
    "c": 0.04175,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C4E56

secondary

#885F56

accent

#735FC8

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C4E56

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

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