#2A5280#2A5280

#2A5280 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.089 H 253.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5280
RGB	rgb(42, 82, 128)
HSL	hsl(212, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 35.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.16, 1.70, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.16, 30.15, 273.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% -0.0255 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.089 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8670, 8.0846, 21.5638)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5280 #80582A

analogous

#2A7D80 #2A5280 #2D2A80

triadic

#2A5280 #802A52 #52802A

tetradic

#2A5280 #802A7D #80582A #2A802D

square

#2A5280 #802A7D #80582A #2A802D

split-complementary

#2A5280 #802D2A #7D802A

monochromatic

#0C1724 #1B3452 #2A5280 #3970AE #5B8EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#2A5280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#2A5280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5280

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5280	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E5582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 82, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.089 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d82a5',
    500: '#2a5280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5280;
$custom-light: #6d82a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.093,
    "s": 50.588,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43244,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5280

secondary

#AF8657

accent

#994EDA

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A0F

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5280

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

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