#2E5A79#2E5A79

#2E5A79 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.071 H 241.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E5A79
RGB	rgb(46, 90, 121)
HSL	hsl(205, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 25.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, -5.08, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 22.67, 257.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.02% -0.0338 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(45.02% 0.071 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2328, 9.2729, 19.4414)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E5A79 #794D2E

analogous

#2E7972 #2E5A79 #2E3479

triadic

#2E5A79 #792E5A #5A792E

tetradic

#2E5A79 #722E79 #794D2E #34792E

square

#2E5A79 #722E79 #794D2E #34792E

split-complementary

#2E5A79 #792E34 #79722E

monochromatic

#0C1820 #1D394D #2E5A79 #3F7BA5 #5F99C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#2E5A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#2E5A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E5A79

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E5A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E5A79	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e5a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 90, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.071 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e88a0',
    500: '#2e5a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e5a79;
$custom-light: #6e88a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e5a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.8,
    "s": 44.91,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45023,
    "c": 0.07059,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E5A79

secondary

#A97B5A

accent

#8953D5

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECEFF2

border

#C7CACC

text

#080B0E

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E5A79

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

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