#2A5F72#2A5F72

#2A5F72 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.064 H 224.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A5F72
RGB	rgb(42, 95, 114)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, -11.35, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 19.65, 234.71°)
OKLab	oklab(45.78% -0.0456 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(45.78% 0.064 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0831, 9.8908, 17.3995)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A5F72 #723D2A

analogous

#2A7261 #2A5F72 #2A3B72

triadic

#2A5F72 #722A5F #5F722A

tetradic

#2A5F72 #612A72 #723D2A #3B722A

square

#2A5F72 #612A72 #723D2A #3B722A

split-complementary

#2A5F72 #722A3B #72612A

monochromatic

#091419 #1A3A45 #2A5F72 #3A849F #56A4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#2A5F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#2A5F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A5F72

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A5F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A5F72	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a5f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 95, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.064 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8c9a',
    500: '#2a5f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a5f72;
$custom-light: #6b8c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a5f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45784,
    "c": 0.06384,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A5F72

secondary

#A46954

accent

#7552D6

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A5F72

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

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