#2A5B79#2A5B79

#2A5B79 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.072 H 238.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5B79
RGB	rgb(42, 91, 121)
HSL	hsl(203, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 24.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, -6.53, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 22.82, 253.39°)
OKLab	oklab(45.1% -0.0381 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(45.1% 0.072 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1458, 9.3541, 19.4617)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5B79 #79482A

analogous

#2A7970 #2A5B79 #2A3479

triadic

#2A5B79 #792A5B #5B792A

tetradic

#2A5B79 #702A79 #79482A #34792A

square

#2A5B79 #702A79 #79482A #34792A

split-complementary

#2A5B79 #792A34 #79702A

monochromatic

#0A171E #1A394C #2A5B79 #3A7DA6 #589CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#2A5B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#2A5B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5B79

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5B79	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5B7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 91, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.072 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c89a0',
    500: '#2a5b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5b79;
$custom-light: #6c89a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.785,
    "s": 48.466,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45098,
    "c": 0.07224,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5B79

secondary

#AB7554

accent

#8450D8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5B79

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

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