#2C596A#2C596A

#2C596A is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.057 H 225.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C596A
RGB	rgb(44, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.44, -10.05, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.44, 17.61, 235.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% -0.0401 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.057 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2116, 8.7202, 14.9360)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C596A #6A3D2C

analogous

#2C6A5C #2C596A #2C3A6A

triadic

#2C596A #6A2C59 #596A2C

tetradic

#2C596A #5C2C6A #6A3D2C #3A6A2C

square

#2C596A #5C2C6A #6A3D2C #3A6A2C

split-complementary

#2C596A #6A2C3A #6A5C2C

monochromatic

#091216 #1A353F #2C596A #3E7D95 #579EB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#2C596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#2C596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C596A

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C596A	1.00	7.65	2.74	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50576B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47506A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.057 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8894',
    500: '#2c596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c596a;
$custom-light: #6b8894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43937,
    "c": 0.05675,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C596A

secondary

#9C6956

accent

#7857D1

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C596A

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

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