#2E4E59#2E4E59

#2E4E59 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.042 H 221.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E4E59
RGB	rgb(46, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(195, 32%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, -8.41, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 13.18, 230.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% -0.0312 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.042 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6536, 6.7505, 10.4543)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E4E59 #59392E

analogous

#2E594F #2E4E59 #2E3959

triadic

#2E4E59 #592E4E #4E592E

tetradic

#2E4E59 #4F2E59 #59392E #39592E

square

#2E4E59 #4F2E59 #59392E #39592E

split-complementary

#2E4E59 #592E39 #594F2E

monochromatic

#0A1214 #192B31 #2E4E59 #437181 #5894A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#2E4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#2E4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E4E59

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E4E59	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A5251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.042 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7f87',
    500: '#2e4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e4e59;
$custom-light: #6a7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.349,
    "s": 31.852,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40384,
    "c": 0.04191,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E4E59

secondary

#8B6558

accent

#7A60C8

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E4E59

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

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