#2A5E71#2A5E71

#2A5E71 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.063 H 224.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5E71
RGB	rgb(42, 94, 113)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.28, -11.10, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.28, 19.46, 235.22°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% -0.0448 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.063 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9370, 9.6891, 17.0715)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5E71 #713D2A

analogous

#2A7160 #2A5E71 #2A3B71

triadic

#2A5E71 #712A5E #5E712A

tetradic

#2A5E71 #602A71 #713D2A #3B712A

square

#2A5E71 #602A71 #713D2A #3B712A

split-complementary

#2A5E71 #712A3B #71602A

monochromatic

#091418 #193944 #2A5E71 #3B839E #55A3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#2A5E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#2A5E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5E71

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5E71	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 94, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.063 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8b99',
    500: '#2a5e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5e71;
$custom-light: #6b8b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 45.806,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45477,
    "c": 0.06318,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5E71

secondary

#A36954

accent

#7552D5

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5E71

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

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