#2A4E5D#2A4E5D

#2A4E5D is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.049 H 226.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E5D
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 93)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, -8.20, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 15.19, 237.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% -0.0331 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.049 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6543, 6.7309, 11.3550)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E5D #5D392A

analogous

#2A5D53 #2A4E5D #2A355D

triadic

#2A4E5D #5D2A4E #4E5D2A

tetradic

#2A4E5D #532A5D #5D392A #355D2A

square

#2A4E5D #532A5D #5D392A #355D2A

split-complementary

#2A4E5D #5D2A35 #5D532A

monochromatic

#0A1215 #172B33 #2A4E5D #3D7187 #5194B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#2A4E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#2A4E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E5D

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E5D	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F475D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C5253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.049 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687f8b',
    500: '#2a4e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e5d;
$custom-light: #687f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40345,
    "c": 0.04851,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E5D

secondary

#8F6553

accent

#7C5ACE

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#060A0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E5D

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

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