#2A4E80#2A4E80

#2A4E80 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.094 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4E80
RGB	rgb(42, 78, 128)
HSL	hsl(215, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 39.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 4.32, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 32.35, 277.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% -0.0211 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.094 257)
XYZ	xyz(7.5741, 7.4988, 21.4661)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4E80 #805C2A

analogous

#2A7980 #2A4E80 #312A80

triadic

#2A4E80 #802A4E #4E802A

tetradic

#2A4E80 #802A79 #805C2A #2A8031

square

#2A4E80 #802A79 #805C2A #2A8031

split-complementary

#2A4E80 #80312A #79802A

monochromatic

#0C1624 #1B3252 #2A4E80 #396AAE #5B89C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#2A4E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#2A4E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4E80

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4E80	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 78, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.094 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7fa5',
    500: '#2a4e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4e80;
$custom-light: #6d7fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.884,
    "s": 50.588,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42275,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4E80

secondary

#AF8A57

accent

#9F4EDA

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4E80

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

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