#2A6590#2A6590

#2A6590 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.092 H 243.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2A6590
RGBrgb(42, 101, 144)
HSLhsl(205, 55%, 36%)
HSVhsv(205, 71%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 29.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LABlab(40.92, -4.35, -29.20)
CIE-LCHlch(40.92, 29.52, 261.53°)
OKLaboklab(48.83% -0.0412 -0.0825)
OKLCHoklch(48.83% 0.092 243.5)
XYZxyz(10.6406, 11.8121, 28.0993)
Luminance0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A6590 #90552A
analogous
#2A9088 #2A6590 #2A3290
triadic
#2A6590 #902A65 #65902A
tetradic
#2A6590 #882A90 #90552A #32902A
square
#2A6590 #882A90 #90552A #32902A
split-complementary
#2A6590 #902A32 #90882A
monochromatic
#0E2331 #1C4461 #2A6590 #3886BF #63A3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25
#2A6590 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36
#2A6590 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A6590
6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A6590#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2A65901.006.253.366.25
#FFFFFF6.251.0021.001.00
#0000003.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.251.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#526692
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#435C8F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006F74
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a6590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 101, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.092 243.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7090b0',
    500: '#2a6590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a6590;
$custom-light: #7090b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a6590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.294,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4883,
    "c": 0.09219,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A6590
secondary
#B7845E
accent
#884ADE
background
#F7F8FA
surface
#EDF0F5
border
#C8CBCF
text
#080C10
muted
#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A6590

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#2A6590 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva