#2A5A8B#2A5A8B

#2A5A8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.096 H 251.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5A8B
RGB	rgb(42, 90, 139)
HSL	hsl(210, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(210, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 35.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 0.67, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 31.97, 271.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.85% -0.031 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(45.85% 0.096 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2695, 9.6677, 25.7986)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5A8B #8B5B2A

analogous

#2A8A8B #2A5A8B #2A2A8B

triadic

#2A5A8B #8B2A5A #5A8B2A

tetradic

#2A5A8B #8B2A8A #8B5B2A #2A8B2A

square

#2A5A8B #8B2A8A #8B5B2A #2A8B2A

split-complementary

#2A5A8B #8B2A2A #8A8B2A

monochromatic

#0E1D2D #1C3C5C #2A5A8B #3878BA #6097CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#2A5A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#2A5A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5A8B

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5A8B	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37538A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 90, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.096 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f88ad',
    500: '#2a5a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5a8b;
$custom-light: #6f88ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.309,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45852,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5A8B

secondary

#B5895C

accent

#954BDD

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5A8B

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

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