#2E596B#2E596B

#2E596B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.056 H 227.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E596B
RGB	rgb(46, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.57, -9.25, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.57, 17.51, 238.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% -0.038 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.056 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3519, 8.7865, 15.2156)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E596B #6B402E

analogous

#2E6B5E #2E596B #2E3B6B

triadic

#2E596B #6B2E59 #596B2E

tetradic

#2E596B #5E2E6B #6B402E #3B6B2E

square

#2E596B #5E2E6B #6B402E #3B6B2E

split-complementary

#2E596B #6B2E3B #6B5E2E

monochromatic

#091215 #1C3540 #2E596B #407D96 #5B9DB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#2E596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#2E596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E596B

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E596B	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47516B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#015E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.056 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8895',
    500: '#2e596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e596b;
$custom-light: #6c8895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 39.869,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44079,
    "c": 0.05616,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E596B

secondary

#9D6C58

accent

#7B58D0

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECEFF1

border

#C7CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E596B

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

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