#2A4E79#2A4E79

#2A4E79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.083 H 254.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E79
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 121)
HSL	hsl(213, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 35.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 1.70, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 28.39, 273.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.84% -0.023 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(41.84% 0.083 254)
XYZ	xyz(7.1292, 7.3208, 19.1228)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E79 #79552A

analogous

#2A7679 #2A4E79 #2E2A79

triadic

#2A4E79 #792A4E #4E792A

tetradic

#2A4E79 #792A76 #79552A #2A792E

square

#2A4E79 #792A76 #79552A #2A792E

split-complementary

#2A4E79 #792E2A #76792A

monochromatic

#0A131E #1A314C #2A4E79 #3A6BA6 #588AC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#2A4E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#2A4E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E79

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E79	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C517B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.083 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7fa0',
    500: '#2a4e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e79;
$custom-light: #6c7fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.658,
    "s": 48.466,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41843,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.07321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E79

secondary

#AB8354

accent

#9A50D8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#ECEEF2

border

#C7C9CC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E79

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

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