#2A517E#2A517E

#2A517E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.087 H 253.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A517E
RGB	rgb(42, 81, 126)
HSL	hsl(212, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 35.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 1.60, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 29.57, 273.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% -0.0249 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.087 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6618, 7.8827, 20.8524)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A517E #7E572A

analogous

#2A7B7E #2A517E #2D2A7E

triadic

#2A517E #7E2A51 #517E2A

tetradic

#2A517E #7E2A7B #7E572A #2A7E2D

square

#2A517E #7E2A7B #7E572A #2A7E2D

split-complementary

#2A517E #7E2D2A #7B7E2A

monochromatic

#0B1622 #1B3350 #2A517E #396FAC #5A8DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#2A517E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#2A517E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A517E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A517E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A517E	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D5480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a517e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 81, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.087 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d81a3',
    500: '#2a517e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a517e;
$custom-light: #6d81a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a517e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.143,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4288,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A517E

secondary

#AE8556

accent

#994EDA

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A517E

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

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