#2C596B#2C596B

#2C596B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.058 H 226.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C596B
RGB	rgb(44, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.48, -9.72, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.48, 17.89, 237.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% -0.0397 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.058 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2639, 8.7411, 15.2115)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C596B #6B3E2C

analogous

#2C6B5E #2C596B #2C3A6B

triadic

#2C596B #6B2C59 #596B2C

tetradic

#2C596B #5E2C6B #6B3E2C #3A6B2C

square

#2C596B #5E2C6B #6B3E2C #3A6B2C

split-complementary

#2C596B #6B2C3A #6B5E2C

monochromatic

#091216 #1A3540 #2C596B #3E7D96 #579EBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#2C596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#2C596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C596B

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C596B	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46506B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.058 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8895',
    500: '#2c596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c596b;
$custom-light: #6b8895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 41.722,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43984,
    "c": 0.05759,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C596B

secondary

#9D6A56

accent

#7956D2

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C596B

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

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