#2E505C#2E505C

#2E505C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.044 H 222.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E505C
RGB	rgb(46, 80, 92)
HSL	hsl(196, 33%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 13%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.01, -8.68, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.01, 13.91, 231.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% -0.0326 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.044 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9264, 7.0904, 11.1794)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E505C #5C3A2E

analogous

#2E5C51 #2E505C #2E395C

triadic

#2E505C #5C2E50 #505C2E

tetradic

#2E505C #512E5C #5C3A2E #395C2E

square

#2E505C #512E5C #5C3A2E #395C2E

split-complementary

#2E505C #5C2E39 #5C512E

monochromatic

#0A1214 #1A2D33 #2E505C #427385 #5996AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#2E505C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#2E505C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E505C

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E505C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E505C	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42495C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#185454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e505c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 80, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.044 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a818a',
    500: '#2e505c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e505c;
$custom-light: #6a818a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e505c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41044,
    "c": 0.04433,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E505C

secondary

#8E6658

accent

#7A5EC9

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#070A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E505C

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

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