#2A4E7E#2A4E7E

#2A4E7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.091 H 256.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E7E
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 126)
HSL	hsl(214, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 38.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, 3.56, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 31.21, 276.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% -0.0216 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.091 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4438, 7.4467, 20.7797)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E7E #7E5A2A

analogous

#2A787E #2A4E7E #302A7E

triadic

#2A4E7E #7E2A4E #4E7E2A

tetradic

#2A4E7E #7E2A78 #7E5A2A #2A7E30

square

#2A4E7E #7E2A78 #7E5A2A #2A7E30

split-complementary

#2A4E7E #7E302A #787E2A

monochromatic

#0B1522 #1B3250 #2A4E7E #396AAC #5A89C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#2A4E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#2A4E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E7E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E7E	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#395180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.091 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7fa3',
    500: '#2a4e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e7e;
$custom-light: #6d7fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4215,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E7E

secondary

#AE8856

accent

#9E4EDA

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E7E

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

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