#2E5E72#2E5E72

#2E5E72 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.061 H 227.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E5E72
RGB	rgb(46, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.48, -9.90, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.48, 19.05, 238.69°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% -0.0414 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.061 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1655, 9.8004, 17.3777)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E5E72 #72422E

analogous

#2E7264 #2E5E72 #2E3C72

triadic

#2E5E72 #722E5E #5E722E

tetradic

#2E5E72 #642E72 #72422E #3C722E

square

#2E5E72 #642E72 #72422E #3C722E

split-complementary

#2E5E72 #722E3C #72642E

monochromatic

#0B161B #1C3A46 #2E5E72 #40829E #5DA1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#2E5E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#2E5E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E5E72

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E5E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E5E72	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e5e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.061 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8b9a',
    500: '#2e5e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e5e72;
$custom-light: #6d8b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e5e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45698,
    "c": 0.06136,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E5E72

secondary

#A36E58

accent

#7A56D2

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E5E72

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

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