#2E5572#2E5572

#2E5572 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.066 H 242.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E5572
RGB	rgb(46, 85, 114)
HSL	hsl(206, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(206, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, -4.42, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 21.21, 257.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% -0.0303 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.066 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4114, 8.2921, 17.1263)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E5572 #724B2E

analogous

#2E726D #2E5572 #2E3372

triadic

#2E5572 #722E55 #55722E

tetradic

#2E5572 #6D2E72 #724B2E #33722E

square

#2E5572 #6D2E72 #724B2E #33722E

split-complementary

#2E5572 #722E33 #726D2E

monochromatic

#0B141B #1C3446 #2E5572 #40769E #5D94BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#2E5572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#2E5572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E5572

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E5572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E5572	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4E71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e5572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 85, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.066 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d849a',
    500: '#2e5572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e5572;
$custom-light: #6d849a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e5572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.588,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43398,
    "c": 0.06552,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E5572

secondary

#A37858

accent

#8B56D2

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECEFF2

border

#C7CACC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E5572

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

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