#2C3E50 · Charcoal

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#2C3E50 is a dark, muted blue color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal and Iron. In OKLCH it has 36% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 249°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #2C3E50 a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#2C3E50
RGBrgb(44, 62, 80)
HSLhsl(210, 29%, 24%)
CMYK45, 22, 0, 69
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast10.98:1 white · 1.91:1 black

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How to use #2C3E50

White text passes WCAG AA on #2C3E50 (10.98:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #2C3E50 with its analogous neighbors #2B4F4F and #2B2B4F; for contrast use its complement #4F3D2B as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #2C3E50;

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