#2A4E78#2A4E78

#2A4E78 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.082 H 253.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E78
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 120)
HSL	hsl(212, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 35%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, 1.33, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 27.83, 272.74°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% -0.0233 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.082 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0682, 7.2964, 18.8015)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E78 #78542A

analogous

#2A7578 #2A4E78 #2D2A78

triadic

#2A4E78 #782A4E #4E782A

tetradic

#2A4E78 #782A75 #78542A #2A782D

square

#2A4E78 #782A75 #78542A #2A782D

split-complementary

#2A4E78 #782D2A #75782A

monochromatic

#0A131D #1A314B #2A4E78 #3A6BA5 #588AC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#2A4E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#2A4E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E78

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E78	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C507A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.082 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7f9f',
    500: '#2a4e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e78;
$custom-light: #6c7f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41784,
    "c": 0.08203,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E78

secondary

#AA8254

accent

#9950D8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEEF2

border

#C7C9CC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E78

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

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