#2A516E#2A516E

#2A516E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.066 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A516E
RGB	rgb(42, 81, 110)
HSL	hsl(206, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 26.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, -4.22, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 21.27, 258.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% -0.0302 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.066 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7107, 7.5023, 15.8433)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A516E #6E472A

analogous

#2A6E69 #2A516E #2A2F6E

triadic

#2A516E #6E2A51 #516E2A

tetradic

#2A516E #692A6E #6E472A #2F6E2A

square

#2A516E #692A6E #6E472A #2F6E2A

split-complementary

#2A516E #6E2A2F #6E692A

monochromatic

#081016 #193042 #2A516E #3B729A #5591BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#2A516E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#2A516E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A516E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A516E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A516E	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)

#44516F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a516e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 81, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.066 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8197',
    500: '#2a516e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a516e;
$custom-light: #6a8197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a516e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.588,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41973,
    "c": 0.0658,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A516E

secondary

#A07454

accent

#8A53D4

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#070A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A516E

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

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