#2A557A#2A557A

#2A557A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.078 H 246.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A557A
RGB	rgb(42, 85, 122)
HSL	hsl(208, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 30.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.79, -2.43, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.79, 25.52, 264.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% -0.0308 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.078 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7149, 8.3936, 19.6221)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A557A #7A4F2A

analogous

#2A7A77 #2A557A #2A2D7A

triadic

#2A557A #7A2A55 #557A2A

tetradic

#2A557A #772A7A #7A4F2A #2D7A2A

square

#2A557A #772A7A #7A4F2A #2D7A2A

split-complementary

#2A557A #7A2A2D #7A772A

monochromatic

#0B161F #1A354C #2A557A #3A75A8 #5993C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#2A557A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#2A557A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A557A

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A557A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A557A	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45567C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a557a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 85, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.078 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c84a0',
    500: '#2a557a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a557a;
$custom-light: #6c84a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a557a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.75,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43637,
    "c": 0.07794,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A557A

secondary

#AB7D55

accent

#8F4FD8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECEFF2

border

#C7CACC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A557A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →