#2A5589#2A5589

#2A5589 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.098 H 254.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5589
RGB	rgb(42, 85, 137)
HSL	hsl(213, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(213, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 38%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.59, 3.13, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.59, 33.51, 275.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% -0.0263 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.098 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7171, 8.7945, 24.9002)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5589 #895E2A

analogous

#2A8589 #2A5589 #2E2A89

triadic

#2A5589 #892A55 #55892A

tetradic

#2A5589 #892A85 #895E2A #2A892E

square

#2A5589 #892A85 #895E2A #2A892E

split-complementary

#2A5589 #892E2A #85892A

monochromatic

#0D1B2B #1C385A #2A5589 #3872B8 #5F91CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#2A5589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#2A5589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5589

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5589	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E598B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#305088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 85, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.098 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f84ac',
    500: '#2a5589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5589;
$custom-light: #6f84ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.842,
    "s": 53.073,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44522,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5589

secondary

#B48C5B

accent

#9B4BDC

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5589

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

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