#2A5E8F#2A5E8F

#2A5E8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.097 H 249.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5E8F
RGB	rgb(42, 94, 143)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(209, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 34.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.69, -0.37, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.69, 32.10, 269.34°)
OKLab	oklab(47.06% -0.0341 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(47.06% 0.097 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9136, 10.4798, 27.4816)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5E8F #8F5B2A

analogous

#2A8F8E #2A5E8F #2A2C8F

triadic

#2A5E8F #8F2A5E #5E8F2A

tetradic

#2A5E8F #8E2A8F #8F5B2A #2C8F2A

square

#2A5E8F #8E2A8F #8F5B2A #2C8F2A

split-complementary

#2A5E8F #8F2A2C #8F8E2A

monochromatic

#0E2030 #1C3F60 #2A5E8F #387DBE #629BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#2A5E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#2A5E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5E8F

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5E8F	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#486091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A578E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 94, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.097 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708bb0',
    500: '#2a5e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5e8f;
$custom-light: #708bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.109,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4706,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5E8F

secondary

#B7895E

accent

#924ADE

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5E8F

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

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