#2C5E79#2C5E79

#2C5E79 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.069 H 234.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C5E79
RGB	rgb(44, 94, 121)
HSL	hsl(201, 47%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, -7.94, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 21.75, 248.58°)
OKLab	oklab(45.95% -0.0401 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(45.95% 0.069 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4913, 9.9205, 19.5528)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C5E79 #79472C

analogous

#2C796E #2C5E79 #2C3779

triadic

#2C5E79 #792C5E #5E792C

tetradic

#2C5E79 #6E2C79 #79472C #37792C

square

#2C5E79 #6E2C79 #79472C #37792C

split-complementary

#2C5E79 #792C37 #796E2C

monochromatic

#0B181F #1C3B4C #2C5E79 #3C81A6 #5C9FC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#2C5E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#2C5E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C5E79

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C5E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C5E79	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)

#515D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c5e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 94, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.069 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8b9f',
    500: '#2c5e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c5e79;
$custom-light: #6d8b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c5e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.039,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45948,
    "c": 0.06944,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C5E79

secondary

#AA7457

accent

#8051D6

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C5E79

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

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