#2E5172#2E5172

#2E5172 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.069 H 248.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E5172
RGB	rgb(46, 81, 114)
HSL	hsl(209, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, -1.90, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 22.81, 265.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% -0.0253 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.069 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1053, 7.6800, 17.0243)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E5172 #724F2E

analogous

#2E7271 #2E5172 #2E2F72

triadic

#2E5172 #722E51 #51722E

tetradic

#2E5172 #712E72 #724F2E #2F722E

square

#2E5172 #712E72 #724F2E #2F722E

split-complementary

#2E5172 #722E2F #72712E

monochromatic

#0B131B #1C3246 #2E5172 #40709E #5D8FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#2E5172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#2E5172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E5172

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E5172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E5172	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e5172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 81, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.069 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d819a',
    500: '#2e5172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e5172;
$custom-light: #6d819a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e5172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.118,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42391,
    "c": 0.06869,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E5172

secondary

#A37D58

accent

#9256D2

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEEF2

border

#C7C9CC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E5172

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

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