#2A5879#2A5879

#2A5879 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.074 H 242.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5879
RGB	rgb(42, 88, 121)
HSL	hsl(205, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.70, -4.68, -23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.70, 23.83, 258.69°)
OKLab	oklab(44.34% -0.0346 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(44.34% 0.074 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8945, 8.8514, 19.3779)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5879 #794B2A

analogous

#2A7973 #2A5879 #2A3179

triadic

#2A5879 #792A58 #58792A

tetradic

#2A5879 #732A79 #794B2A #31792A

square

#2A5879 #732A79 #794B2A #31792A

split-complementary

#2A5879 #792A31 #79732A

monochromatic

#0A161E #1A374C #2A5879 #3A79A6 #5898C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#2A5879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#2A5879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5879

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5879	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49587B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 88, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.074 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c87a0',
    500: '#2a5879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5879;
$custom-light: #6c87a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.063,
    "s": 48.466,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44337,
    "c": 0.07426,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5879

secondary

#AB7854

accent

#8950D8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECEFF2

border

#C7CACC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5879

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

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