#2A5372#2A5372

#2A5372 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.069 H 243.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5372
RGB	rgb(42, 83, 114)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, -4.06, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 22.41, 259.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% -0.0312 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.069 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0842, 7.8930, 17.0665)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5372 #72492A

analogous

#2A726D #2A5372 #2A2F72

triadic

#2A5372 #722A53 #53722A

tetradic

#2A5372 #6D2A72 #72492A #2F722A

square

#2A5372 #6D2A72 #72492A #2F722A

split-complementary

#2A5372 #722A2F #726D2A

monochromatic

#091219 #1A3245 #2A5372 #3A749F #5693C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#2A5372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#2A5372 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5372

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5372	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 83, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.069 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b839a',
    500: '#2a5372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5372;
$custom-light: #6b839a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.833,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42695,
    "c": 0.06932,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5372

secondary

#A47654

accent

#8B52D6

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECEFF2

border

#C7CACC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5372

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

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