#2A5172#2A5172

#2A5172 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.071 H 246.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5172
RGB	rgb(42, 81, 114)
HSL	hsl(208, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 28.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, -2.79, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 23.21, 263.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% -0.0288 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.071 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9334, 7.5914, 17.0162)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5172 #724B2A

analogous

#2A726F #2A5172 #2A2D72

triadic

#2A5172 #722A51 #51722A

tetradic

#2A5172 #6F2A72 #724B2A #2D722A

square

#2A5172 #6F2A72 #724B2A #2D722A

split-complementary

#2A5172 #722A2D #726F2A

monochromatic

#091119 #1A3145 #2A5172 #3A719F #5690C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#2A5172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#2A5172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5172

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5172	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 81, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.071 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b819a',
    500: '#2a5172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5172;
$custom-light: #6b819a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42189,
    "c": 0.07092,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5172

secondary

#A47954

accent

#8E52D6

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5172

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

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