#2A5B9D#2A5B9D

#2A5B9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.119 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5B9D
RGB	rgb(42, 91, 157)
HSL	hsl(214, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(214, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 42%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.56, 6.83, -40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.56, 41.29, 279.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.22% -0.0274 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(47.22% 0.119 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7795, 10.4076, 33.3325)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5B9D #9D6C2A

analogous

#2A959D #2A5B9D #332A9D

triadic

#2A5B9D #9D2A5B #5B9D2A

tetradic

#2A5B9D #9D2A95 #9D6C2A #2A9D33

square

#2A5B9D #9D2A95 #9D6C2A #2A9D33

split-complementary

#2A5B9D #9D332A #959D2A

monochromatic

#10233C #1D3F6D #2A5B9D #3A77CA #6A99D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#2A5B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#2A5B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5B9D

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5B9D	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C61A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28569C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 91, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.119 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7388ba',
    500: '#2a5b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5b9d;
$custom-light: #7388ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.435,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47218,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5B9D

secondary

#BE9865

accent

#9F47E1

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5B9D

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

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