#2A5D79#2A5D79

#2A5D79 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.071 H 235.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5D79
RGB	rgb(42, 93, 121)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 23.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.30, -7.74, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.30, 22.26, 249.65°)
OKLab	oklab(45.61% -0.0404 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(45.61% 0.071 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3191, 9.7006, 19.5194)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5D79 #79462A

analogous

#2A796E #2A5D79 #2A3679

triadic

#2A5D79 #792A5D #5D792A

tetradic

#2A5D79 #6E2A79 #79462A #36792A

square

#2A5D79 #6E2A79 #79462A #36792A

split-complementary

#2A5D79 #792A36 #796E2A

monochromatic

#0A171E #1A3A4C #2A5D79 #3A80A6 #589FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#2A5D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#2A5D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5D79

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5D79	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 93, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.071 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8a9f',
    500: '#2a5d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5d79;
$custom-light: #6c8a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.266,
    "s": 48.466,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45608,
    "c": 0.07111,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5D79

secondary

#AB7354

accent

#8050D8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5D79

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

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