#2A516D#2A516D

#2A516D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.065 H 241.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2A516D
RGBrgb(42, 81, 109)
HSLhsl(205, 44%, 30%)
HSVhsv(205, 61%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(61.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LABlab(32.88, -4.58, -20.29)
CIE-LCHlch(32.88, 20.80, 257.29°)
OKLaboklab(41.92% -0.0306 -0.0569)
OKLCHoklch(41.92% 0.065 241.7)
XYZxyz(6.6566, 7.4806, 15.5581)
Luminance0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A516D #6D462A
analogous
#2A6D68 #2A516D #2A2F6D
triadic
#2A516D #6D2A51 #516D2A
tetradic
#2A516D #682A6D #6D462A #2F6D2A
square
#2A516D #682A6D #6D462A #2F6D2A
split-complementary
#2A516D #6D2A2F #6D682A
monochromatic
#091016 #193041 #2A516D #3B7299 #5491BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41
#2A516D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50
#2A516D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A516D
8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A516D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2A516D1.008.412.508.41
#FFFFFF8.411.0021.001.00
#0000002.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.411.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#45516E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3C4A6C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00585B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a516d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 81, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.065 241.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8197',
    500: '#2a516d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a516d;
$custom-light: #6a8197;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a516d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.075,
    "s": 44.371,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4192,
    "c": 0.06456,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A516D
secondary
#9F7354
accent
#8954D4
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF2
border
#C6C9CC
text
#070A0D
muted
#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

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#2A516D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva