#2C5259#2C5259

#2C5259 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.045 H 210.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C5259
RGB	rgb(44, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(189, 34%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(189, 51%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, -11.37, -8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 14.08, 216.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% -0.0385 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.045 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8585, 7.2909, 10.5478)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C5259 #59332C

analogous

#2C5949 #2C5259 #2C3B59

triadic

#2C5259 #592C52 #52592C

tetradic

#2C5259 #492C59 #59332C #3B592C

square

#2C5259 #492C59 #59332C #3B592C

split-complementary

#2C5259 #592C3B #59492C

monochromatic

#0A1314 #182C30 #2C5259 #407882 #559DAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#2C5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#2C5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C5259

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C5259	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#155554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.045 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698287',
    500: '#2c5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c5259;
$custom-light: #698287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 33.835,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41336,
    "c": 0.04479,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C5259

secondary

#8B5E56

accent

#6F5ECA

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C5259

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

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